Taking the Rules of the Game Seriously : Mainstreaming Justice in Development - The World Bank's Justice for the Poor Program
This paper explains the ideas and approaches that underpin the World Bank's Justice for the Poor (J4P) program. J4P is an approach to legal empowerment that focuses on mainstreaming sociolegal concerns into development processes, in sectors ra...
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okr-10986-181032021-04-23T14:03:35Z Taking the Rules of the Game Seriously : Mainstreaming Justice in Development - The World Bank's Justice for the Poor Program Sage, Caroline Menzies, Nicholas Woolcock, Michael ACCESS TO JUSTICE ADMINISTRATIVE REGULATIONS ADVISORS AUTHORITY COMMUNITIES CONCILIATION CONFLICT CONFLICT RESOLUTION CONSULTATIONS COURTS CUSTOMS DISPUTE RESOLUTION DIVORCE ETHNIC GROUPS FAMILIES JUDICIAL SYSTEM JURISDICTION JUSTICE LEADERSHIP LEGISLATION LOCAL COMMUNITIES MEDIATION MEDIATORS RELIGIOUS LEADERS REPUTATION SOCIAL RELATIONS VALUE SYSTEMS VIOLENCE YOUTH This paper explains the ideas and approaches that underpin the World Bank's Justice for the Poor (J4P) program. J4P is an approach to legal empowerment that focuses on mainstreaming sociolegal concerns into development processes, in sectors ranging from community-driven development and mining technical assistance to labor-rights advocacy and classic judicial reform. It has developed out of a perspective that legal and regulatory frameworks and related justice concerns cannot be conceived of in terms of a 'sector' or a specific set of institutions, but are integral to all development processes. Further, while there is broad agreement that justice reform and building an equitable justice sector is central to good governance and sustainable development, there is limited understanding of how equitable justice systems emerge and how such processes can be facilitated by external actors. J4P addresses these knowledge gaps with intensive research aimed at understanding the ways in which development processes shape and are shaped by local context, and in particular, how the poor engage with and/or are excluded from the multiple rule systems ('legal pluralism') governing their everyday lives. Through three case studies of the program's work, this paper illustrates how understanding the various roles of law in society provides an innovative means of analyzing and responding to particular development problems. The cases also demonstrate the principles that underpin J4P: development is inherently conflict-ridden; institutional reform should be seen as an iterative and thus 'interim' process; building local research capacity is critical to establishing an empirically based and context-driven reform process; integrating diverse sources of empirical evidence is needed to deeply engage in local contexts; and rule systems are ubiquitous in all areas of development, not just the 'legal sector.' 2014-04-28T22:50:48Z 2014-04-28T22:50:48Z 2009-11 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11409967/taking-rules-game-seriously-mainstreaming-justice-development-world-banks-justice-poor-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18103 English en_US Justice and development working paper series;no. 7 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research |
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This paper explains the ideas and
approaches that underpin the World Bank's Justice for
the Poor (J4P) program. J4P is an approach to legal
empowerment that focuses on mainstreaming sociolegal
concerns into development processes, in sectors ranging from
community-driven development and mining technical assistance
to labor-rights advocacy and classic judicial reform. It has
developed out of a perspective that legal and regulatory
frameworks and related justice concerns cannot be conceived
of in terms of a 'sector' or a specific set of
institutions, but are integral to all development processes.
Further, while there is broad agreement that justice reform
and building an equitable justice sector is central to good
governance and sustainable development, there is limited
understanding of how equitable justice systems emerge and
how such processes can be facilitated by external actors.
J4P addresses these knowledge gaps with intensive research
aimed at understanding the ways in which development
processes shape and are shaped by local context, and in
particular, how the poor engage with and/or are excluded
from the multiple rule systems ('legal pluralism')
governing their everyday lives. Through three case studies
of the program's work, this paper illustrates how
understanding the various roles of law in society provides
an innovative means of analyzing and responding to
particular development problems. The cases also demonstrate
the principles that underpin J4P: development is inherently
conflict-ridden; institutional reform should be seen as an
iterative and thus 'interim' process; building
local research capacity is critical to establishing an
empirically based and context-driven reform process;
integrating diverse sources of empirical evidence is needed
to deeply engage in local contexts; and rule systems are
ubiquitous in all areas of development, not just the
'legal sector.' |
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Sage, Caroline Menzies, Nicholas Woolcock, Michael |
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Taking the Rules of the Game Seriously : Mainstreaming Justice in Development - The World Bank's Justice for the Poor Program |
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Taking the Rules of the Game Seriously : Mainstreaming Justice in Development - The World Bank's Justice for the Poor Program |
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Taking the Rules of the Game Seriously : Mainstreaming Justice in Development - The World Bank's Justice for the Poor Program |
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taking the rules of the game seriously : mainstreaming justice in development - the world bank's justice for the poor program |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2014 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2009/11/11409967/taking-rules-game-seriously-mainstreaming-justice-development-world-banks-justice-poor-program http://hdl.handle.net/10986/18103 |
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