Dou Donggo Justice: Conflict and Morality in an Indonesian Society
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This study of justice and morality among the Dou Donggo, a highland people in Indonesia, offers an innovative approach to understanding the workings of law and dispute settlement in small communities. Peter Just argues that the operation of any legal system is best understood in the context of its moral ontology: the fundamental culture assumptions that the people have about the nature of the world, the beings that inhabit it, and their relationships to one another, as well as ideas about causation, liability, etc. The author takes Dou Donggo beliefs in evil spirits and tutelary gods, theories of conception and bodily humors, and the magical powers of judges who are also healers and links them to the guiding principles and day-to-day operation of a consensual system of justice.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0847683281
ISBN13:9780847683284
Release Date:December 2000
Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Length:263 Pages
Weight:1.00 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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