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The Publicity “Defect” of Customary Law

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dc.contributor.authorGauri, Varun
dc.date.accessioned2012-03-19T18:40:38Z
dc.date.available2012-03-19T18:40:38Z
dc.date.issued2010-06-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper examines the extent to which dispute resolvers in customary law systems provide widely understandable justifications for their decisions. The paper first examines the liberal-democratic reasons for the importance of publicity, understood to be wide accessibility of legal justification, by reviewing the uses of publicity in Habermas and Rawls accounts of the rule of law. Taking examples from Sierra Leone, the paper then argues that customary law systems would benefit from making the reasons for local dispute resolution practices, such as "begging" from elders, witchcraft, and openness of hearings, more widely accessible. The paper concludes that although legal pluralism is usually taken to be an analytical concept, it may have a normative thrust as well, and that publicity standards would also apply to formal courts in developing countries, which are also typically "defective" along this dimension.en
dc.identifierhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100624162025
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5349
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/3834
dc.languageEnglish
dc.relation.ispartofseriesPolicy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5349
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectACTIONS
dc.subjectACTS
dc.subjectADJUDICATION
dc.subjectADJUDICATIONS
dc.subjectADVOCACY
dc.subjectARGUMENTATION
dc.subjectASSETS
dc.subjectAUTHORITY
dc.subjectBEGGING
dc.subjectBEST PRACTICE
dc.subjectCASE LAW
dc.subjectCITIZENSHIP
dc.subjectCIVIL SOCIETY
dc.subjectCOMPENSATION
dc.subjectCOMPLAINT
dc.subjectCONSTITUENTS
dc.subjectCOURT
dc.subjectCOURTS
dc.subjectCRIME
dc.subjectCRIMES
dc.subjectCRIMINALS
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY LAW
dc.subjectCUSTOMARY LAWS
dc.subjectDECISION MAKING
dc.subjectDEMOCRACY
dc.subjectDEMOCRATIC STATE
dc.subjectDIVORCE
dc.subjectELECTION
dc.subjectEMPOWERMENT
dc.subjectEQUALITY
dc.subjectFINES
dc.subjectGENDER
dc.subjectGENDER EQUALITY
dc.subjectHOMES
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS
dc.subjectHUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS
dc.subjectHUMILIATIONS
dc.subjectHUSBAND
dc.subjectINEQUALITIES
dc.subjectINEQUALITY
dc.subjectINTEGRITY
dc.subjectINVESTIGATION
dc.subjectJUDGE
dc.subjectJUDGES
dc.subjectJUDICIAL PROCEDURES
dc.subjectJUDICIAL REVIEW
dc.subjectJUSTICE
dc.subjectJUSTICE SYSTEM
dc.subjectJUSTICES
dc.subjectLAWS
dc.subjectLEGAL CULTURE
dc.subjectLEGAL PLURALISM
dc.subjectLEGAL POWER
dc.subjectLEGAL SYSTEM
dc.subjectLEGAL SYSTEMS
dc.subjectLEGISLATION
dc.subjectLEGISLATORS
dc.subjectLEGITIMACY
dc.subjectLEGITIMATION
dc.subjectLIBERALISM
dc.subjectLIBERTIES
dc.subjectMARRIED MAN
dc.subjectMARRIED WOMAN
dc.subjectOFFENDER
dc.subjectOFFENSE
dc.subjectPARENTS
dc.subjectPOLICE
dc.subjectPOLICE OFFICER
dc.subjectPOLITICAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectPREFERENTIAL
dc.subjectPRIVACY
dc.subjectPROPERTY RIGHTS
dc.subjectPROSECUTION
dc.subjectPUBLIC OPINION
dc.subjectPUBLIC SERVICES
dc.subjectRAPE
dc.subjectREPRESENTATIVES
dc.subjectREPRESSION
dc.subjectRULE OF LAW
dc.subjectRULINGS
dc.subjectSECRECY
dc.subjectSEX
dc.subjectSOCIAL RIGHTS
dc.subjectSTATE LAW
dc.subjectVICTIMS
dc.subjectVIOLATIONS
dc.subjectWAR
dc.subjectWIFE
dc.subjectWILL
dc.subjectWOMAN
dc.titleThe Publicity “Defect” of Customary Lawen
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okr.crosscuttingsolutionareaGender
okr.crossref.titleThe Publicity "Defect" Of Customary Law
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-10T11:46:34.079803Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Policy Research Working Paper
okr.docurlhttp://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20100624162025
okr.globalpracticeGovernance
okr.guid547271468324830072
okr.identifier.doi10.1596/1813-9450-5349
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum000158349_20100624162025
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum12468740
okr.identifier.reportWPS5349
okr.language.supporteden
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okr.region.administrativeWorld
okr.region.administrativeWorld
okr.sectorPrimary education,Law and justice,Health
okr.sectorEducation,Public Administration, Law, and Justice,Health and other social services
okr.topicGender::Gender and Law
okr.unitDevelopment Research Group (DECRG)
okr.volume1 of 1
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