Money, morality and magistrates. Prosecuting and judging in the Republic of Benin

Bibliographic Data

ID14799888
AuthorsSophie Andreetta (0000-0001-9427-3007, Max Planck Institute for Social Anthropology, corresponding author), Annalena Kolloch (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz)
Year2018
Volume50
Issue2
Pages145-166
Publication date2018-05-04
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0732-9113 • E-ISSN: 2305-9931
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07329113.2018.1494407
OpenAlexW2892376114
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited18

Since 2012, Beninese magistrates have gone on multiple strikes. Most of them complain about their substantial workload, low pay, and poor working conditions. They also highlight the discrepancies between magistrates’ social status and what their families expect from them. However, judges and prosecutors also insist on the importance of their work and on the ethics that goes together with it. This paper analyses the discourses and representations of the social and professional status of Beninese judges, showing that they are contingent upon gender, political and economic contexts. It delves into the magistrate’s changing relationship to the state, as well as into their professional identities and daily practices

Bureaucracy · Economics · Magistrate · Management · Morality · Political science · Politics · Sociology · State (computer science · Work (physics · Workload · African Studies and Ethnography · Healthcare Systems and Practices · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Psychology · Social Psychology

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