Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh

The institutional landscape of local dispute resolution in Bangladesh is rich: it includes the traditional process of shalish, longstanding and impressive civil society efforts to improve on shalish, and a somewhat less-explored provision for gram...

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Main Authors:	Das, Maitreyi Bordia, Maru, Vivek
Format:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	2012
Subjects:	ABUSE ABUSES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS ADJUDICATION ADJUDICATOR ADR ADVOCACY AFRICAN STUDIES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS AUTHORITY BRIBERY BUSINESSMEN CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES CIVIL PROCEDURE CIVIL SERVANT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLASS ACTIONS COMPENSATION COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONCILIATION CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CONTEMPT OF COURT CORRUPT CORRUPTION COURT COURT DECISIONS COURT JUDGMENTS COURT PROCEDURE COURT PROCESS COURT RECORDS COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS DAMAGES DEMOCRACY DISCRETION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DIVORCE ELECTIONS EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT POWERS EU EUROPEAN UNION FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY PROPERTY FAMILY VIOLENCE FATWAS FEMALE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GENDER GENDER ISSUES GOVERNANCE REFORM HARASSMENT HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOMES HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INHERITANCE INJUNCTIONS INTERNATIONAL LAW JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICES JUSTICES OF THE PEACE LAND DISPUTES LAW REFORM LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL AID LEGAL ASSISTANCE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL SERVICE LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGAL TRAINING LEGISLATION LITIGATION LOBBYING MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MEDIA MEDIATION MEDIATORS PANCHAYAT POLICE PRISONERS PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC LAW PUBLIC OFFICIALS RAPE RELIGIOUS LAW RELIGIOUS LEADERS REMEDIES REMEDY RESIDENCE RULE OF LAW RULINGS SERVICE DELIVERY SPOUSAL VIOLENCE STATE COURTS SUBSTANTIVE LAW TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION THEFT THEFTS THIEVES TRIAL TRIBUNALS VERDICTS VIOLATIONS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WEDDINGS WIFE WILL WITNESSES WIVES WOMAN
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spelling	okr-10986-35452021-04-23T14:02:10Z Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh Das, Maitreyi Bordia Maru, Vivek ABUSE ABUSES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS ADJUDICATION ADJUDICATOR ADR ADVOCACY AFRICAN STUDIES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS AUTHORITY BRIBERY BUSINESSMEN CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES CIVIL PROCEDURE CIVIL SERVANT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLASS ACTIONS COMPENSATION COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONCILIATION CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CONTEMPT OF COURT CORRUPT CORRUPTION COURT COURT DECISIONS COURT JUDGMENTS COURT PROCEDURE COURT PROCESS COURT RECORDS COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS DAMAGES DEMOCRACY DISCRETION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DIVORCE ELECTIONS EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT POWERS EU EUROPEAN UNION FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY PROPERTY FAMILY VIOLENCE FATWAS FEMALE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GENDER GENDER ISSUES GOVERNANCE REFORM HARASSMENT HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOMES HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INHERITANCE INJUNCTIONS INTERNATIONAL LAW JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICES JUSTICES OF THE PEACE LAND DISPUTES LAW REFORM LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL AID LEGAL ASSISTANCE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL SERVICE LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGAL TRAINING LEGISLATION LITIGATION LOBBYING MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MEDIA MEDIATION MEDIATORS PANCHAYAT POLICE PRISONERS PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC LAW PUBLIC OFFICIALS RAPE RELIGIOUS LAW RELIGIOUS LEADERS REMEDIES REMEDY RESIDENCE RULE OF LAW RULINGS SERVICE DELIVERY SPOUSAL VIOLENCE STATE COURTS SUBSTANTIVE LAW TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION THEFT THEFTS THIEVES TRIAL TRIBUNALS VERDICTS VIOLATIONS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WEDDINGS WIFE WILL WITNESSES WIVES WOMAN The institutional landscape of local dispute resolution in Bangladesh is rich: it includes the traditional process of shalish, longstanding and impressive civil society efforts to improve on shalish, and a somewhat less-explored provision for gram adalat or village courts. Based on a nationally representative survey, qualitative evidence from focus groups, and a telephone survey of 40 Union Parishad chairpersons (a little less than 1 percent of the total Union Parishads), it provides both an empirical mapping of local conflict and justice and pointers to possible policy reforms. It suggests a number of opportunities for strengthening local justice and argues that the village courts may pose a useful bridge between Bangladesh's informal and formal justice institutions. 2012-03-19T18:04:23Z 2012-03-19T18:04:23Z 2011-08-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110829092523 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3545 English Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5781 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper South Asia South Asia South Asia Asia Bangladesh
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topic	ABUSE ABUSES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS ADJUDICATION ADJUDICATOR ADR ADVOCACY AFRICAN STUDIES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS AUTHORITY BRIBERY BUSINESSMEN CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES CIVIL PROCEDURE CIVIL SERVANT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLASS ACTIONS COMPENSATION COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONCILIATION CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CONTEMPT OF COURT CORRUPT CORRUPTION COURT COURT DECISIONS COURT JUDGMENTS COURT PROCEDURE COURT PROCESS COURT RECORDS COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS DAMAGES DEMOCRACY DISCRETION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DIVORCE ELECTIONS EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT POWERS EU EUROPEAN UNION FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY PROPERTY FAMILY VIOLENCE FATWAS FEMALE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GENDER GENDER ISSUES GOVERNANCE REFORM HARASSMENT HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOMES HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INHERITANCE INJUNCTIONS INTERNATIONAL LAW JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICES JUSTICES OF THE PEACE LAND DISPUTES LAW REFORM LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL AID LEGAL ASSISTANCE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL SERVICE LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGAL TRAINING LEGISLATION LITIGATION LOBBYING MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MEDIA MEDIATION MEDIATORS PANCHAYAT POLICE PRISONERS PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC LAW PUBLIC OFFICIALS RAPE RELIGIOUS LAW RELIGIOUS LEADERS REMEDIES REMEDY RESIDENCE RULE OF LAW RULINGS SERVICE DELIVERY SPOUSAL VIOLENCE STATE COURTS SUBSTANTIVE LAW TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION THEFT THEFTS THIEVES TRIAL TRIBUNALS VERDICTS VIOLATIONS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WEDDINGS WIFE WILL WITNESSES WIVES WOMAN
spellingShingle	ABUSE ABUSES ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTABILITY ACTS ADJUDICATION ADJUDICATOR ADR ADVOCACY AFRICAN STUDIES ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION ARBITRATION ASSETS AUTHORITY BRIBERY BUSINESSMEN CIVIL LEGAL SERVICES CIVIL PROCEDURE CIVIL SERVANT CIVIL SOCIETY CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS CLASS ACTIONS COMPENSATION COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONCILIATION CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONAL LAW CONTEMPT OF COURT CORRUPT CORRUPTION COURT COURT DECISIONS COURT JUDGMENTS COURT PROCEDURE COURT PROCESS COURT RECORDS COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL PROCEDURE CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY LAWS DAMAGES DEMOCRACY DISCRETION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DIVORCE ELECTIONS EMPOWERMENT ENFORCEMENT POWERS EU EUROPEAN UNION FAMILIES FAMILY LAW FAMILY PROPERTY FAMILY VIOLENCE FATWAS FEMALE FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS GENDER GENDER ISSUES GOVERNANCE REFORM HARASSMENT HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS HOME HOMES HUMAN RIGHTS HUSBAND HUSBANDS INFORMAL DISPUTE RESOLUTION INHERITANCE INJUNCTIONS INTERNATIONAL LAW JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL PROCESS JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICES JUSTICES OF THE PEACE LAND DISPUTES LAW REFORM LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL AID LEGAL ASSISTANCE LEGAL INSTITUTIONS LEGAL SERVICE LEGAL SERVICES LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGAL TRAINING LEGISLATION LITIGATION LOBBYING MARITAL RELATIONSHIPS MARRIED MEN MARRIED WOMEN MEDIA MEDIATION MEDIATORS PANCHAYAT POLICE PRISONERS PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC LAW PUBLIC OFFICIALS RAPE RELIGIOUS LAW RELIGIOUS LEADERS REMEDIES REMEDY RESIDENCE RULE OF LAW RULINGS SERVICE DELIVERY SPOUSAL VIOLENCE STATE COURTS SUBSTANTIVE LAW TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION THEFT THEFTS THIEVES TRIAL TRIBUNALS VERDICTS VIOLATIONS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WEDDINGS WIFE WILL WITNESSES WIVES WOMAN Das, Maitreyi Bordia Maru, Vivek Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh
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relation	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5781
description	The institutional landscape of local dispute resolution in Bangladesh is rich: it includes the traditional process of shalish, longstanding and impressive civil society efforts to improve on shalish, and a somewhat less-explored provision for gram adalat or village courts. Based on a nationally representative survey, qualitative evidence from focus groups, and a telephone survey of 40 Union Parishad chairpersons (a little less than 1 percent of the total Union Parishads), it provides both an empirical mapping of local conflict and justice and pointers to possible policy reforms. It suggests a number of opportunities for strengthening local justice and argues that the village courts may pose a useful bridge between Bangladesh's informal and formal justice institutions.
format	Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper
author	Das, Maitreyi Bordia Maru, Vivek
author_facet	Das, Maitreyi Bordia Maru, Vivek
author_sort	Das, Maitreyi Bordia
title	Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh
title_short	Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh
title_full	Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh
title_fullStr	Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh
title_full_unstemmed	Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh
title_sort	framing local conflict and justice in bangladesh
publishDate	2012
url	http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20110829092523 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3545
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Framing Local Conflict and Justice in Bangladesh

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