Legal Pluralism and Equity : Some Reflections on Land Reform in Cambodia
Institutional reforms in contemporary Cambodia are being undertaken in an environment characterized by pervasive legal pluralism the not uncommon situation in which numerous, contradictory and competing sets of rules and norms regulate social, econ...
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| Language: | English |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2018
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/616201468222552761/Legal-pluralism-and-equity-some-reflections-on-land-reform-in-Cambodia http://hdl.handle.net/10986/30542 |
| Summary: | Institutional reforms in contemporary
Cambodia are being undertaken in an environment
characterized by pervasive legal pluralism the not uncommon
situation in which numerous, contradictory and competing
sets of rules and norms regulate social, economic and
political relationships. The international development
community has a long and unhappy history of engagement with
such environments. This is not simply because the links
between substantive policy and institutional arrangements in
the 'transition to democracy' are many, uncertain
and highly contingent. It is also the case because the
formal precepts of liberal democracy as codified in new laws
and regulations are often inconsistent with prevailing
social norms and administrative practices. In fact, they may
be fundamentally at odds with the interests of economic and
political elites who have an interest in contesting,
neutralizing or capturing institutions created under the new
legal framework. |
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