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Framing local conflict and justice in Bangladesh

Author:	Das, Maitreyi Bordia; Maru, Vivek;	Collection Title:	Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5781
Country:	Bangladesh;	Date Stored:	2011/08/29
Document Date:	2011/08/01	Document Type:	Policy Research Working Paper
Language:	English	Region:	South Asia
Report Number:	WPS5781	SubTopics:	Public Sector Corruption & Anticorruption Measures; Judicial System Reform; Legal Products; Gender and Law; Legal Institutions of the Market Economy
Volume No:	1 of 1

Summary: 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.


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