Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands
This report presents the research findings of the Justice Delivered Locally (JDL) initiative of Solomon Islands' Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, which was supported by the World Bank's Justice for the Poor (J4P) program. JDL suppor...
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Working Paper |
| Language: | English en_US |
| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2014
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18310356/justice-delivered-locally-systems-challenges-innovations-solomon-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16678 |
| id |
okr-10986-16678 |
|---|---|
| recordtype |
oai_dc |
| repository_type |
Digital Repository |
| institution_category |
Foreign Institution |
| institution |
Digital Repositories |
| building |
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository |
| collection |
World Bank |
| language |
English en_US |
| topic |
ABUSE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS AUTHORITY BASIC BASIC SERVICES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRALIZATION CITIZENS COLONIZATION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION COMPLAINTS COMPONENTS CONFIDENCE CONFIGURATIONS CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTIONS CORRUPT COUNCILS COURT COURT OFFICIALS COURT SYSTEM COURTS CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINALITY CUSTOMARY LAW DATA SOURCES DECISION MAKING DESCENT DEVICES DISCLOSURE DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ETHICS EXPENDITURE EXTORTION FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CRISIS FORMAL EMPLOYMENT GANG GENDER GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HARASSMENT HOME HOMES HOUSES HUSBANDS IMPRISONMENT INEQUALITY INHERITANCE INITIATIVE INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS JAVA JUDICIARY JUSTICE JUSTICE SYSTEM LAND OWNERSHIP LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGITIMACY LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIBERATION LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARGINALIZATION MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER NATIONS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFENDERS OFFENSE OFFENSES PARENTS PATRONAGE PENAL CODE PENALTIES PENALTY POLICE POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL ELITE POLITICAL ELITES POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICIANS PRESIDENCY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSECUTION PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONIES PUBLIC SERVICE REHABILITATION REMEDY REPRESENTATIVES SANCTION SECURITY FORCES SERVICE DELIVERY SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL NORMS STATE AUTHORITY STATE GOVERNMENT STATE INSTITUTIONS STATE RESOURCES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT THEFT TRIAL TRIBUNALS URBAN YOUTH VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAR WARFARE WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH |
| spellingShingle |
ABUSE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS AUTHORITY BASIC BASIC SERVICES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRALIZATION CITIZENS COLONIZATION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION COMPLAINTS COMPONENTS CONFIDENCE CONFIGURATIONS CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTIONS CORRUPT COUNCILS COURT COURT OFFICIALS COURT SYSTEM COURTS CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINALITY CUSTOMARY LAW DATA SOURCES DECISION MAKING DESCENT DEVICES DISCLOSURE DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOS ECONOMIC BENEFITS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ETHICS EXPENDITURE EXTORTION FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CRISIS FORMAL EMPLOYMENT GANG GENDER GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HARASSMENT HOME HOMES HOUSES HUSBANDS IMPRISONMENT INEQUALITY INHERITANCE INITIATIVE INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS JAVA JUDICIARY JUSTICE JUSTICE SYSTEM LAND OWNERSHIP LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGITIMACY LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIBERATION LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARGINALIZATION MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER NATIONS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFENDERS OFFENSE OFFENSES PARENTS PATRONAGE PENAL CODE PENALTIES PENALTY POLICE POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL ELITE POLITICAL ELITES POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICIANS PRESIDENCY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSECUTION PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONIES PUBLIC SERVICE REHABILITATION REMEDY REPRESENTATIVES SANCTION SECURITY FORCES SERVICE DELIVERY SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL NORMS STATE AUTHORITY STATE GOVERNMENT STATE INSTITUTIONS STATE RESOURCES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT THEFT TRIAL TRIBUNALS URBAN YOUTH VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAR WARFARE WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH Allen, Matthew Dinnen, Sinclair Evans, Daniel Monson, Rebecca Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands |
| geographic_facet |
East Asia and Pacific Solomon Islands |
| relation |
Justice for the poor research report;August 2013 |
| description |
This report presents the research
findings of the Justice Delivered Locally (JDL) initiative
of Solomon Islands' Ministry of Justice and Legal
Affairs, which was supported by the World Bank's
Justice for the Poor (J4P) program. JDL supports the Solomon
Islands Government (SIG) policy of reinvigorating
local-level justice systems. This is based on an
understanding that developmentally important local
governance and conflict management capacities (both state
and non-state) have been significantly weakened since 1978,
the post-independence era, and were not rebuilt even after
the period of violent conflict and social disorder known as
the 'tension' (1998-2003). Overall, the research
indicates that rural citizens by and large prefer to use
locally based, non-state systems to address disputes. These
local non-state systems, where functioning, are generally
seen as culturally relevant, responsive to local needs,
accessible, and well understood. However, these local kastom
systems, typically associated with 'traditional'
authority exercised by chiefs, are under immense stress
owing to larger processes of change and newer types of
conflict. While there is considerable geographical
variation, in some places local systems have broken down
altogether. This is due in part to the entanglement of
chiefs and local leaders in parochial and self-interested
power struggles, especially in the context of natural
resource development, particularly logging. This paper is
the fourth in a series that has been produced under the JDL
initiative. Forthcoming is a fiscal and institutional
analysis of local courts, customary land appeal courts, and
magistrates' courts, and a final note synthesizing
policy recommendations from all of these components. While
this work was undertaken under the purview of the Ministry
of Justice and Legal Affairs, the findings and analysis
presented herein represent the views of the JDL researchers
and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SIG. |
| format |
Publications & Research :: Working Paper |
| author |
Allen, Matthew Dinnen, Sinclair Evans, Daniel Monson, Rebecca |
| author_facet |
Allen, Matthew Dinnen, Sinclair Evans, Daniel Monson, Rebecca |
| author_sort |
Allen, Matthew |
| title |
Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands |
| title_short |
Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands |
| title_full |
Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands |
| title_fullStr |
Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands |
| title_full_unstemmed |
Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands |
| title_sort |
justice delivered locally : systems, challenges, and innovations in solomon islands |
| publisher |
World Bank, Washington, DC |
| publishDate |
2014 |
| url |
http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18310356/justice-delivered-locally-systems-challenges-innovations-solomon-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16678 |
| _version_ |
1764433669570691072 |
| spelling |
okr-10986-166782021-04-23T14:03:30Z Justice Delivered Locally : Systems, Challenges, and Innovations in Solomon Islands Allen, Matthew Dinnen, Sinclair Evans, Daniel Monson, Rebecca ABUSE ADMINISTRATIVE SYSTEMS AUTHORITY BASIC BASIC SERVICES CENTRAL GOVERNMENT CENTRALIZATION CITIZENS COLONIZATION COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMPENSATION COMPLAINTS COMPONENTS CONFIDENCE CONFIGURATIONS CONSTITUENCIES CONSTITUENCY CONSTITUTIONS CORRUPT COUNCILS COURT COURT OFFICIALS COURT SYSTEM COURTS CRIME CRIMINAL CRIMINAL JUSTICE CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINALITY CUSTOMARY LAW DATA SOURCES DECISION MAKING DESCENT DEVICES DISCLOSURE DIVORCE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE DOS E-MAIL ECONOMIC BENEFITS ELECTED REPRESENTATIVES ETHICS EXPENDITURE EXTORTION FAMILIES FEMALE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FINANCIAL CRISIS FORMAL EMPLOYMENT GANG GENDER GOVERNMENT FUNDING GOVERNMENT POLICY GOVERNMENT SERVICES HARASSMENT HOME HOMES HOUSES HUSBANDS IMPRISONMENT INEQUALITY INHERITANCE INITIATIVE INNOVATIONS INSTITUTIONAL ANALYSIS INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSTITUTIONAL MECHANISMS JAVA JUDICIARY JUSTICE JUSTICE SYSTEM LAND OWNERSHIP LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LEADERSHIP LEGAL STATUS LEGAL SYSTEMS LEGITIMACY LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT LIBERATION LOCAL COUNCILS LOCAL GOVERNMENT MARGINALIZATION MEDIA MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT MINISTER NATIONS NETWORKS NEW TECHNOLOGIES NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OFFENDERS OFFENSE OFFENSES PARENTS PATRONAGE PENAL CODE PENALTIES PENALTY POLICE POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS POLITICAL ELITE POLITICAL ELITES POLITICAL INSTABILITY POLITICIANS PRESIDENCY PROPERTY RIGHTS PROSECUTION PROSECUTIONS PUBLIC FUNDS PUBLIC MONIES PUBLIC SERVICE REHABILITATION REMEDY REPRESENTATIVES SANCTION SECURITY FORCES SERVICE DELIVERY SEXUAL VIOLENCE SOCIAL CONFLICT SOCIAL NORMS STATE AUTHORITY STATE GOVERNMENT STATE INSTITUTIONS STATE RESOURCES SUBNATIONAL GOVERNMENT THEFT TRIAL TRIBUNALS URBAN YOUTH VIOLENCE VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WAR WARFARE WIFE WILL WOMAN YOUNG CHILDREN YOUTH This report presents the research findings of the Justice Delivered Locally (JDL) initiative of Solomon Islands' Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, which was supported by the World Bank's Justice for the Poor (J4P) program. JDL supports the Solomon Islands Government (SIG) policy of reinvigorating local-level justice systems. This is based on an understanding that developmentally important local governance and conflict management capacities (both state and non-state) have been significantly weakened since 1978, the post-independence era, and were not rebuilt even after the period of violent conflict and social disorder known as the 'tension' (1998-2003). Overall, the research indicates that rural citizens by and large prefer to use locally based, non-state systems to address disputes. These local non-state systems, where functioning, are generally seen as culturally relevant, responsive to local needs, accessible, and well understood. However, these local kastom systems, typically associated with 'traditional' authority exercised by chiefs, are under immense stress owing to larger processes of change and newer types of conflict. While there is considerable geographical variation, in some places local systems have broken down altogether. This is due in part to the entanglement of chiefs and local leaders in parochial and self-interested power struggles, especially in the context of natural resource development, particularly logging. This paper is the fourth in a series that has been produced under the JDL initiative. Forthcoming is a fiscal and institutional analysis of local courts, customary land appeal courts, and magistrates' courts, and a final note synthesizing policy recommendations from all of these components. While this work was undertaken under the purview of the Ministry of Justice and Legal Affairs, the findings and analysis presented herein represent the views of the JDL researchers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the SIG. 2014-01-29T19:07:34Z 2014-01-29T19:07:34Z 2013-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/09/18310356/justice-delivered-locally-systems-challenges-innovations-solomon-islands http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16678 English en_US Justice for the poor research report;August 2013 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Working Paper Publications & Research East Asia and Pacific Solomon Islands |