Comparative studies

Front Cover......Page 1
Comparative Studies......Page 4
Copyright Page......Page 5
Table of Contents......Page 6
List of Contributors......Page 10
Chapter 1. Introduction......Page 12
PART I: NONINDUSTRIAL SOCIETIES......Page 26
  Introduction......Page 28
  Mediation in Small-Scale Societies......Page 32
  Characteristics of Mediation in Small-Scale Societies......Page 39
  Community Mediation Programs in Contemporary America......Page 44
  Conclusions......Page 51
  References......Page 53
  Introduction......Page 58
  Historical Background......Page 59
  Decentralization and Panchayati Raj......Page 61
  Nyaya Panchayats in Bharatpur......Page 63
  Ideological and Structural Dimensions of Nyaya Panchayats: Operations......Page 66
  Nyaya Panchayats in Action: Caseload, Process, Politics, and Alternative Forums......Page 71
  Conclusion: Nyaya Panchayats and the Pattern of Disputing in Rural India......Page 79
  Appendix......Page 81
  References......Page 85
PART II: THE DRIFT TOWARD FASCISM......Page 90
  Toward a Theory of Legalization in Antagonistic Societies......Page 92
  The Historical Conditions of Legal Advice in Prefascist Germany......Page 96
  The Workers' Offices......Page 99
  Public Legal Advice Centers and the Peace of Law Movement......Page 115
  Conclusion......Page 128
  References......Page 129
 Chapter 5. The Politics of Informal Justice: The Japanese Experience, 1922–1942......Page 136
  The Impetus toward Conciliation......Page 137
  The Critics' Response......Page 149
  An Appraisal......Page 151
  References......Page 156
  Introduction......Page 160
  Two Models of the Administration of Justice......Page 162
  The Model of Popular Justice......Page 165
  The Model of Summary Justice: The Argentine Case......Page 171
  The Discourses of Summary Justice and Popular Justice......Page 179
  Summary Justice: The Arrogance of Discourse......Page 185
  Conclusion......Page 187
  References......Page 188
PART III: LIBERAL CAPITALISM......Page 192
 Chapter 7. The Movement toward Procedural Informalism in North America and Western Europe: A Critical Survey......Page 194
  "Making Rights Effective"......Page 197
  Conciliation......Page 204
  Diversion......Page 209
  Constitutionalism and Procedural Informalism......Page 212
  Procedural Informalism and the Prospects for Social Change in the Welfare State......Page 213
  References......Page 217
PART IV: THE REVOLUTIONARY SITUATION......Page 224
  Introduction......Page 226
  Origins of the Neighborhood Courts......Page 228
  Operation of the Professional Neighborhood Court......Page 231
  The Squatter Settlement Courts......Page 242
  Conclusion......Page 254
  References......Page 258
  Introduction......Page 262
  The Experiences of Popular Justice......Page 265
  Popular Justice in the Context of the Portuguese Revolution......Page 274
  An Evaluation of Popular Justice in the Revolutionary Process......Page 283
  Reflections......Page 290
  References......Page 291
 Chapter 10. A Socialist Legal System in the Making: Mozambique before and after Independence......Page 292
  The Colonial Legal System: An Overview......Page 293
  Frelimo, The Liberated Zones, and the Birth of an Informal Legal System......Page 301
  The Transitional Phase and the Role of the "Dynamizing Groups" in Extending Popular Justice......Page 311
  Independence and the Institutionalization of a Formal Legal System......Page 315
  References......Page 331
About the Authors......Page 336
Subject Index......Page 340