Governability and Forms of Popular Justice in the New South Africa and Mozambique: Community Courts And Vigilantism
The article analyses the problems of governability in the administration of justice in Mozambique and South Africa by exploring various experiences of popular justice that continue to exist in the new democratic contexts of these countries. The weakness of the South African and Mozambican states is...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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2004
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Social justice
Year: 2004, Volume: 31, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 165-181 |
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Summary: | The article analyses the problems of governability in the administration of justice in Mozambique and South Africa by exploring various experiences of popular justice that continue to exist in the new democratic contexts of these countries. The weakness of the South African and Mozambican states is reflected in their judicial systems. In spite of democratic reform, most citizens of these countries, particularly the less well off, have no guaranteed access to justice. This weakness of the state in terms of guaranteeing order and security long since prompted a response from society. |
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