Re-examining Burial Disputes in Kenyan Courts through the Lenses of Legal Pluralism.
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https://doi.org/10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-0982Palabras clave:
Legal pluralism, customary law, burial disputes, legal proximity, Pluralismo jurídico, derecho consuetudinario, disputas por enterramiento, proximidad jurídicaResumen
El artículo comienza por explorar el lugar del derecho consuetudinario en los estudios socio-jurídicos. Examina las diferentes críticas realizadas sobre el derecho consuetudinario y aduce que, a pesar de que no se lo considera dotado de las características de los sistemas jurídicos formales, la comparación es injustificada, porque el derecho consuetudinario y el derecho estatal formal tienen un origen distinto. La segunda parte del artículo se ocupa del discurso teórico actual sobre el pluralismo jurídico. Responde a las críticas académicas al pluralismo jurídico y busca el origen histórico del concepto. Utilizando las disputas sobre enterramientos en Kenia, se examina la aplicación del derecho consuetudinario en los juzgados de Kenia; identifica las inconsistencias que resultan del uso de principios del derecho común (Common law) en la resolución de disputas de derecho consuetudinario, y aboga por que el gobierno acepte sistemas no estatales de justicia para resolver las disputas por enterramientos.
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