Holdings: The Landscape of Local Authority in Sierra Leone : How "Traditional" and "Modern" Justice and Governance Systems Interact

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The Landscape of Local Authority in Sierra Leone : How "Traditional" and "Modern" Justice and Governance Systems Interact

The topic of this paper is, in the words of one reviewer, 'one of the most discussed sociological and societal issues in African studies: the relationship between traditional institutions and new institutions'. Often in such discussions,...

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Main Author:	Manning, Ryann Elizabeth
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ABUSES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCESS TO LAND ACCOUNTABILITY ADMINISTRATION REFORM ANTI-CORRUPTION BAILIFF CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CITIZEN CITIZENS CITIZENSHIP CIVIL SERVANTS CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CIVIL WAR COLLECTIVE ACTION COMMUNAL LABOR COMMUNAL WORK COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GOVERNANCE COMMUNITY MEMBERS COMMUNITY-DRIVEN DEVELOPMENT COMPLAINT CONSENSUS CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTION CORRUPT CORRUPTION COURT COURT OFFICIALS COURT SYSTEM COURTS CRIME CRIMINAL CUSTODY CUSTOMARY LAW DECENTRALIZATION DECISION MAKING DECISION-MAKING DECISION-MAKING POWER DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES DEMOCRACY DEMOCRATIC PARTICIPATION DISCRIMINATORY PRACTICES DISTRICTS EXECUTION FAMILIES FEMALE FORMAL EDUCATION GENDER GENDER EQUITY GENITAL MUTILATION GOOD GOVERNANCE GOVERNANCE REFORM GOVERNMENT AGENCIES GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES GOVERNMENT SYSTEMS HOME HOUSES HUMAN RIGHTS IMPRISONMENT INSTITUTIONAL REFORM INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS INVESTIGATION JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICE SYSTEM LAW REFORM LAWS LEADERSHIP LEGAL PROTECTION LEGISLATION LEGITIMACY LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL AUTHORITY LOCAL COMMUNITIES LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNANCE LOCAL GOVERNMENT LOCAL TAX MARGINALIZATION MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER NATIONAL LEVEL NATIONS NATURAL RESOURCES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANISATIONS NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS PATRONAGE POLICE POLICE FORCE POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL AUTHORITY POLITICAL LEADERS POLITICAL PARTIES POLITICIAN POLITICIANS PRESIDENCY PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES PUBLIC AFFAIRS PUBLIC RESOURCES REFUGEES REVENUE COLLECTION RULE OF LAW RURAL YOUTH SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL CAPITAL SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL NORMS STATE INSTITUTIONS SUBVERSION TAX COLLECTION TAX RECEIPTS THEFT TRANSPARENCY TREATIES VICTIMS VIOLENCE WILL WOMAN YOUNG PEOPLE YOUTH YOUTH LEADERS YOUTH REPRESENTATIVES
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10744323/landscape-local-authority-sierra-leone-traditional-modern-justice-governance-systems-interact http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18099

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/01/10744323/landscape-local-authority-sierra-leone-traditional-modern-justice-governance-systems-interact
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18099