ISBN:
978-3-8394-5021-5
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (413 Seiten)
,
Karten, Diagramme
Series Statement:
Culture and Social Practice
Keywords:
Äthiopien Rechtsethnologie
;
Recht, westliches
;
Recht, traditionelles
;
Recht, internationales
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Recht, islamisches
;
Gerichtsbarkeit
;
Strafrecht
;
Menschenrecht
;
Konfliktmanagement
Abstract:
Being a home to more than 80 ethnic groups, Ethiopia has to balance normative diversity with efforts to implement state law across its territory.This volume explores the co-existence of state, customary, and religious legal forums from the perspective of legal practitioners and local justice seekers. It shows how the various stakeholders' use of negotiation, and their strategic application of law can lead to unwanted confusion, but also to sustainable conflict resolution, innovative new procedures and hybrid norms. The book thus generates important knowledge on the conditions necessary for stimulating a cooperative co-existence of different legal systems. (Umschlag)
Description / Table of Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Introduction / Susanne Eple -- I. The interplay of international, national and local law -- Towards widening the constitutional space for customary justice systems in Ethiopia / Getachew Assefa -- The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and African Societies / Karl-Heinz Kohl -- Understanding customary laws in the context of legal pluralism / Gebre Yntiso -- II. Cooperation and competition between legal forums -- The handling of homicide in the context of legal pluralism : cooperation between government and customary institutions in the Gamo highlands / Temechegn Gutu -- The interplay of customary and formal legal systems among the Tulama Oromo : cooperation and competition / Melaku Abera -- Federal Sharia Courts in Addis Ababa : their administration and the application of law in the light of recent developments / Mohammed Abdo -- Use and abuse of `the right to consent` : forum shopping between shimgilinna and state courts among the Amhara of Ankober, northcentral Ethiopia / Desalegn Amsalu -- III. Emerging hybridity of legal institutions and practices -- Local strategies to maintain cultural integrity : the vernacularization of state law among the Bashada and Hamar of southern Ethiopia / Susanne Epple -- Legal pluralism and Protestant Christianity : from fine to forgiveness in an Aari community / Julian Sommerschuh -- Kontract: a hybrid form of law among the Sidama / Muradu Abdo -- Legal pluralism and emerging legal hybridity : interactions between the customary, state and religious law among the Siltie of southern Ethiopia / Kairedin Tezera -- A matter perspective: of transfers, switching, and cross-cutting legal procedures : juridical processes among Oromo and Amhara, East Shewa / Andrea Nicolas -- IV. Incompatibilities and conflict -- When parallel justice systems lack mutual recognition : negative impacts on the resolution of criminal cases among the Borana Oromo / Aberra Degefa -- Combatting infanticide in Bashada and Hamar : the complexities behind a `harmful traditional practice` in southern Ethiopia / Susanne Epple -- Clashing values : the 2015 conflict in Hamar district of South Omo Zone, southern Ethiopia / Yohannes Yitbarek -- Glossary -- Contributors
Note:
"international conference organized at Jinka University (JKU) in Jinka, southern Ethiopia in January 2018, an a panel at the 20th International Conference of Ethiopian Studies (ICES) at Mekelle University, northern Ethiopia in October 2018. Both were titled 'Lega pluralism in Ethiopia: the interplay of international, national and customary law'. Most of the papers in this volume are results of these events" (Acknowledgements)
URL:
https://www.degruyter.com/transcript/view/title/571628
