STERCK, Olivier; Olivia D’AOUST - Institut de Recherche Économique et Sociale (IRES), … - 2012
In many Sub-Saharan countries, customary and statutory judicial systems co-exist. Customary justice is exercised by clan leaders or local courts, and based on restorative principles. By contrast, statutory justice is mostly retributive and administered by magistrates’ courts. As the...