Justice in practice : legal ethnography of a Pakistani Punjabi village / Muhammad Azam Chaudhary.
1999
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Author
Title
Justice in practice : legal ethnography of a Pakistani Punjabi village / Muhammad Azam Chaudhary.
Published
Karachi, Pakistan : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Call Number
KPL4990.M57 C48 1999
Former Call Number
Pak 710.43P C393 1999
ISBN
0195790634
Description
vii, 248 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)44764092
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [237]-243) and index.
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgements
Author's Note
1
Introduction
1
Misalpur: The Ethnographic Setting
5
Sharika, Biradari, Pind: The Multiplex Social Organization
10
Legal Pluralism: The Reality of Multiple Choice
22
Legal Pluralism: Some Theoretical Considerations
27
Methodology
30
2
Zan, Zar, Zamin: Types of Conflicts
41
Land as a Source of Conflict
42
Women and Conflicts
52
Miscellaneous Conflicts
62
Analysis
64
3
The Traditional Justice System
85
Khandan
86
Thara, Baithak, Haveli, and Dera
90
Panchayat, Kath, Paryah
92
Folk Islam
110
4
The Official Justice System
121
The Administrative Division of Courts in Pakistan
121
The Hierarchy of the Courts
122
Formalities of the Official System
124
Official System in Practice
127
Wealth and Power vis-a-vis the Official System
164
The Question of Colonial Nature and Background of the Official System
168
5
Conclusion
178
Case Studies
191
Glossary
231
Bibliography
237
Index
245