Law and justice in a multicultural society : the case of Mozambique /

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Imprint:Dakar, Senegal : Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa ; Matola, Mozambique : Centro de formação Jurídica e Judiciária ; Coimbra, Portugal : Centro de Estudos Sociais, Universidade de Coimbra, c2006.
Description:xiv, 251 p. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/6271077
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Other authors / contributors:Santos, Boaventura de Sousa.
Trindade, João Carlos.
Meneses, Maria Paula G. (Maria Paula Guttierrez)
ISBN:2869781911
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-251)
Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Boaventura de Sousa Santos, João Carlos Trindade and Maria Paula Meneses
  • Chapter 1: The heterogeneous state and legal plurality / Boaventura de Sousa Santos
  • Chapter 2: Rupture and continuity in political and legal processes / João Carlos Trindade
  • Chapter 3: Toward interlegality? Traditional healers and the law / Maria Paula Meneses
  • Chapter 4: Economic development: from the 1960s to 2000 / António Alberto da Silva Francisco
  • Chapter 5: Methodological issues / Boaventura de Sousa Santos, João Carlos Trindade, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, Conceção Gomes, João Pedroso, André Cristiano José, Guilherme Mbilana, Joaquim Fumo and Maria Paula Meneses
  • Chapter 6: The judicial system: Structure, legal education and legal training / João Carlos Trindade and João Pedroso
  • Chapter 7: The courts in action: Functions, resources, case flow and characterization of litigation / João Pedroso, João Carlos Trindade, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques and André Cristiano José
  • Chapter 8: The judicial courts' performance: Main blockages in the court system / João Carlos Trindade, João Pedroso, André Cristiano José, Boaventura de Sousa Santos
  • Chapter 9: Access to law and justice: Advocacy and legal assistance between the state, the market and the community / Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, João Pedroso, André Cristiano José, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Terezinha da Silva
  • Chapter 10: Community courts / Conceição Gomes, Joaquim Fumo, Guilherme Mbilana, João Carlos Trindade and Boaventura de Sousa Santos
  • Chapter 11: Traditional Authorities / Maria Paula Meneses, Joaquim Fumo, Guilherme Mbilana and Conceição Gomes
  • Chapter 12: Solidarity networks as entities for resolving conflicts / Teresa Cruz e Silva
  • Chapter 13: Customary land systems and the new land law (1997): An epistemological note / José Guilherme Negrão
  • Conclusion / Boaventura de Sousa Santos, João Carlos Trindade and Maria Paula Meneses.