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Intro
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The magic of the court
Part I: Village courts and non-courts in action
1. Legal consciousness and the predicament of village courts in a 'weak state': Internalisation of external authority in the New Guinea Highlands
2. Following an adultery case beyond the court: The making of legal consciousness in and around Nadzab Village Court, Markham River Valley
3. 'Making kastam full' in the Sepik: The Awim Village Court as a spectral gift of shells
4. Unmaking a village court: The invisible workings of an alternative dispute forum
Part II: The courts, the law and the Papua New Guinean state
5. Keeping the sky up: Papua New Guinea's village courts in the age of capacity building
6. Collapsing the scales of law
7. A system that allows people to say sorry: An interview with Fiona Hukula
Contributors
Index.
Acknowledgements
Introduction: The magic of the court
Part I: Village courts and non-courts in action
1. Legal consciousness and the predicament of village courts in a 'weak state': Internalisation of external authority in the New Guinea Highlands
2. Following an adultery case beyond the court: The making of legal consciousness in and around Nadzab Village Court, Markham River Valley
3. 'Making kastam full' in the Sepik: The Awim Village Court as a spectral gift of shells
4. Unmaking a village court: The invisible workings of an alternative dispute forum
Part II: The courts, the law and the Papua New Guinean state
5. Keeping the sky up: Papua New Guinea's village courts in the age of capacity building
6. Collapsing the scales of law
7. A system that allows people to say sorry: An interview with Fiona Hukula
Contributors
Index.