AFRICAN PERSPECTIVES ON
TRADITION AND JUSTICE
Edited by
‘Tom BENNETT
Eva BREMs
Giselle Corrapt
Lia Nyzink
Martien ScHorsMaNs:
CCambedge- Antwerp PortlandCONTENTS
Acknowidgoments
‘Aout he autre and tors
(Chapter otoducton
‘Gl Connabr and Marten cHomans
1. Background tthe Volume
21 Historie cone and cue approaches,
2. Tradnal tice and dewlopment in Afi,
3, Thecentribtionn
4 Common themes
biography
‘Chapter. Aces ta justice al aman ightsinthe tration cout
‘sb Saharan fren
neocon
‘Thetraonal Afican syle of justice
i proces ofa
ual treatment
igh in criminal proceodings.
Sh Theciilrininal dition.
2, Due process incriminl proceedings
SA Legal presentation
7. Conchson~ And the right cau
isiogeapy
{Copter Courts andthe applcation of custmay lin Mala
Towards the entrust of eur
1. modu
2. Historical ackground5. The stacure ofthe Maal court system since 1994
4 Theapplicaton of eustornay I
{1 Pubes inthe gist cours
412. Developing customary aw jrtsprdence.
5, ‘Therecommendtonrf th Mav Law Comision
Si Thestractre and posting ofthe nee al cours
52, Preiling oes and asesors
53. ution
6 Conchson
igen
Copter 1v. owerights and tire The eta of the trades
thors in Mosaribgue
Maris aula. Mewes
2. Tad, between he past nd te tre
3 Ghiiatan cultureandezership nthe colonial contest.
Si. Nationality ab tzenship toughening the abysllie
5.2, Highligh ofcalon administrative reform
| Oldand ew actin the pliteal bi of independent Morrie
‘21 Amplifying the paral necro of tices
22. Theretim ool actors
5 Contemporey plizal impletons fle poral
Bibra
‘ChapeeVTrtonaljstice and human ghia postwar Aan
countries Prospects and challenges
Toe AD ALE
Intodacton
‘Conronting the asicechalnge
Tstaditona ste the answe?
Characters.
Tehumanights question
The Sera Leone confit
Jute nd recon rom blow
Ti Reintegration and reconciiatlonofecombatans
72. Comma recoeatiaton
TA. Philosophie expressions ta are germane the eons
rocaraion
‘Moaamtigue. 78
an
us
4 Concasin: The future fad jae
sigan
‘Chapter VE Reavnting an validating the cosmology an ontology of
restorative justice Herne ofthe raion Achaia
Northern Und
1. Rationale ofthe sad Contesting the assumptions and tas
fj in ston joes
{UL Inrodction,
12, Thethessand oul tbe chap
5. Central argument
LA Methodology
2 Leander of dominant moder jt
teastona jst discourse
21 Intadicton
22, Themodenis cig of tadion
23, Themodenistepaternlogy and etiuatie tie.
24, ThelOCand vrbutveestceis the Norther Uganda armed
cant
The resargenc ofthe train justice sste a Norther Ugiad
1M. The ation of tradton nthe Act commen.
32, Reconstructing and valatng tradition: A hermetic
33. Achll coomology aod ontology: Tepe’ framework,
5M Comlogy and antlogy among the Achol of nds.
55. Theontologal hierarchy - Reconciliation andzetoraton
Achat
44 Ach teatonl josie and human Fights
{AL Act undestndingofhaman gh
{LLL The Ach concep orgs being natul a
4.12, Duty and responsiblity suman igh
5 Ralving Ach tonal usie mechani: Pt Ah in
a Ach garden
5: The Acoli concep of dono ata fxmework fr reconcliation|
5:2, Justiceand pte thinking: Returning the tthe
aig
16
10“Chater VIL Revating the es and co poi foundations and Western
rites of aca courts
‘lt Mawes Nous an Alphonse Mora8rv we
1, Introduction w
2 Lega and seco pola underpinnings faa courts
2 Proseutng genocide cae in os genocide Ran 12
2A. Nations or the etal the gaa court rr
221, Soci-egl dimensions ss
22.2, Sop considerations. 16
223, Socio cltaral mations 18
3. (Weer csiams of ueac cours veo
Sa Non incon of RPA crises in The acca proses Po
532 Nowcomplance with ae process guaran, 165
5.3 Lakota independence 166
4. Gonchsion ves
Biography 168CHAPTER IV
POWERS, RIGHTS AND CITIZENSHIP:
THE ‘RETURN’ OF THE TRADITIONAL,
AUTHORITIES IN MOZAMBIQUE*
Maria Paula G. Meneses
1, INTRODUCTION
“tre tert ip Mozambique concerning rational athories
andthe lato othe Sate. Nether unig aor excl Mozambique, this
sitaation remains «central area of plical debate thoughout the Ata
‘tint. Te question doesnot centre upon discerning the existence of «
‘politically determined boris that presides ve ttt groups bt rather
Shouts space ands soa construction, as wal Hs fature parption ip
Toc pols
Reseach cared cut i Movambiqa reveal importrt contradiction i the
Aicours and practices onthe pote opening toward the palit feces
the eountey, ining tadiooal autores, sing gueton on poesia
Inu pits uses (Meneses 2006, 2007) In the cae atonal ators
and thir role in eal administration and governance in Mosambi Is
Important frst understand the nature of thei power nd space orale ad to
Interop thee oer constits a challenging oposton to tht ofthe
‘modern tte Ture the too of tography t analy pits towards laa,
omsmunity Gacading tadsional) authortier in Mrambique, and.
“understand the dyoamics aescited wit hem. This caper wl fist dicot
‘eran concept that ar ese understanding the Morac coer
‘wlthenanlyc how the implementation ofthe modern kona Sate inact
{pon the soc pla compler that strom became captured nde the
stereotype of taditonal authority: nd, aly, sed oan thi ana,
‘teeth orc pb oe the masons
‘isseeee Four a Tapes cotta pete
se obroaden the dacusson onthe peices and options tha these authorities
oreo the Mozambican Sate ae independence especialy regarding confi
‘eoltion® The mil ernngs eroded with the enegory of reo
ll help explore how the boundaries between powers ands wes and
Sil ar) conceived and continuly relefned by colonia. autorties,
sbroploist, local chet ad lal etc at wll by contemporary Sate
authorities Te fle dacsaree aboot tory and litinay wl ep us
en ois of supe apd elerence tat ave rnin and sti te
dive ofstutons that re reset toy
This arte soko contrib othe cate! dese sarong questions of
wer abd plies belonging. ning citizenship The ngeing dette cbout
he intcate web of insta Invled in sca egulstion hgigh tee
importance These istuncs which are cavers tnt nes andre
estes, ve reac complex romp with the ral strate the
State While sich an analy wl fv Moranbigu ras rom ads
aplabl othe uations both in Af and in thespian ofthe gabe
Sch an analy also prove way of wndettaning te undering clare
anti waged trie creat frm teloging Inmet ates
The insights provided by 4 combination of hsorcl and cutlass are
‘yn living the rationale tht have ees wed fr contacting te fig
‘waitin autor” a bomogeneos gro, a poston othe Sat ad
producing them as suspects cho aie olen ate sch epee f Buna
Fights abuses Asin oer ctxt this esearch contebus tothe study a the
‘esponstity foil esearch aout tres tha although slencd nove,
robe revise and questioned
TRADITION, BETWEEN THE PAST AND
THE FUTURE
Inecent decades, the aware findigenous people and adtonal authorities
has eached tal dimensions In Af contexts the concept of atonal
meri ascited withthe notion of endogenous eitincy, which dete
sces Inter words «we of tres and contextual tuations suggest a
steratv cosmopolitan perspective about the world (Sinandat hee ators
peeing conti
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tmons were and
‘loi authorities
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enters as space of analysis (Harsison 1988; Gave, Soft and Dove 200
‘Goncalves 205 Kye and Baue 200) The jstication br tls approach eens
to fe bated upon the assumption that the more rem a at the Best
‘contented it wold be nd the forma fal pone therein vente
‘his postions supported by the modra/radthonal ito. one ofthe hey