Legal Pluralism and the Search for Justice

Twenty-four years ago Henry Morris and Jim Read, in Indirect Rule and the Search for Justice , provided a wealth of illuminating information about the history of the legal systems of the East African colonial states. But an even greater merit of their book than its detailed data is its coherence and depth of analysis. These result from their adherence to a constant reference point, the "search for justice". This concept may still be useful in the study of law in Africa today

Legal pluralism · Pluralism · Rule of law · African history and culture studies · Land Rights and Reforms · Legal Issues in South Africa

• Asymmetric Autonomy and the Settlement of Ethnic Conflicts

  Marc Weller, Katherine Nobbs•Asymmetric Autonomy and the…•2010

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• Legal Pluralism in Ethiopia

  Susanne Epple, Getachew Assefa•Legal Pluralism in Ethiopia•2020

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• Patterns of Individual Social Positioning

  Open Access•Dieter Neubert•Inequality, Socio-cultural…•2019

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• Legal Pluralism

  Open Access•Jacob Griffiths, John Griffiths•International Encyclopedia of the…•2015

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• Re-examining Burial Disputes in Kenyan Courts through the Lenses of Legal Pluralism

  Open Access•David Otieno Ngira, David Jakinda Otieno•Oñati Socio-legal Series•2018

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• Decolonising Legal Pluralism, Decentring Epistemological Paradigms

  Open Access•Martin Ramstedt, Katrin Seidel•Oñati Socio-legal Series•2025

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• Struggling with Development

  Open Access•Mirza Satria Buana•Journal of Southeast Asian Human…•2022

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• Contesting displacement in urban settlements around Port Vila, Vanuatu

  Open Access•Sue Farran, Jenny Day•Legal Pluralism and Critical…•2026

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• Peacebuilding and the Interface of State Law and Indigenous Market Laws in Southern Nigeria

  Open Access•Anthony Diala•Journal of African Law•2020

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• Creating an Independent Traditional Court

  Open Access•Maureen Owor, Maureen Mapp•Journal of African Law•2012

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• The Struggle for Context in the Protection of Children’s Rights

  Thoko Kaime•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2008

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• Competition and Interaction between State Law and Customary Law in the Court Room

  Sulistyowati Irianto•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2004

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• Human Rights Promotion in Post Conflict Sierra Leone

  Giselle Corradi•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2010

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• Lawyers, Legal Education and the Shari’ah Courts in Nigeria

  Abdulmumini A Oba•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2004

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• Customary Practices as Exigencies in Islamic Law

  Ahmed Fekry Ibrahim•Oriens•2018

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• The concept of living customary law

  Anthony Diala, Anthony C Diala•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2017

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• Decoding legal pluralism in Africa

  Berihun Adugna Gebeye•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2017

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• Capital punishment in precolonial Africa

  Andrew Novak•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2018

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• Harmony with Nature

  Open Access•Helen Dancer•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•2021

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• Building feminist peace

  Maria Martin De Almagro•European Journal of Politics and…•2022

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• An Emerging Challenge for Justice Sector Aid in Africa

  Giselle Corradi•Journal of Human Rights Practice•2012

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• Accommodating Legal Pluralism in Pacific Courts

  Open Access•Jennifer Corrin•The International Journal of…•2011

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• Following the Money

  Open Access•Simeon Koroma•Social & Legal Studies•2023

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• Still Afraid of Legal Pluralism? Encountering Santi Romano

  Open Access•Roger Cotterrell•Law & Social Inquiry•2019

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• What is a Critical Legal Pluralism

  Open Access•Martha-Marie Kleinhans, Roderick A Macdonald•Canadian Journal of Law and…•1997

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• Custom Made—For a Non-chirographic Critical Legal Pluralism

  Open Access•Roderick A Macdonald•Canadian Journal of Law and…•2011

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• Interface of Formal and Informal Peacebuilding Mechanisms in the South of the Sahara

  Open Access•Anthony Diala•Journal of Peacebuilding &…•2026

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• The Legacy of Empire

  Ronald Daniels, Ronald J Daniels et al.•The American Journal of…•2011

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• Courting Custom

  Open Access•Janine Ubink, Sindiso Mnisiweek et al.•Law & Society Review•2017

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• Introduction

  Dieter Neubert, A Daniel•Sociologus•2012

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• Presuming Scale, Making Diversity

  Open Access•Sari Wastell•Critique of Anthropology•2001

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• You Have a Lot to Answer For

  Open Access•Jovia Salifu•PoLAR Political and Legal…•2021

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• Law in Colonial Africa

  Kristin Mann, Richard L Roberts•Law in Colonial Africa•1991

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• International Law and the Rights of Minorities

  Patrick Thornberry•International law and the rights…•1991

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• A Theory of Justice

  John Rawls•Theory of Justice•1971

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• Return to Legal Pluralism

  Jacques Vanderlinden•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•1989

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• What is Legal Pluralism

  Jacob Griffiths, John Griffiths•The Journal of Legal Pluralism…•1986

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• The Tiv of Central Nigeria

  Laura Bohannan, Paul Bohannan•Tiv of Central Nigeria•2017

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• The Folly of the 'Social Scientific' Concept of Legal Pluralism

  Brian Z Tamanaha, Brian Ζ Tamanaha•Journal of Law and Society•1993

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• Social Control in an African Society. A Study of the Arusha Agricultural Masai of Northern Tanganyika

  Jean Buxton, P H Gulliver•Man•1966

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• Relativism and the Search for Human Rights

  Open Access•Alison Dundes Renteln•American Anthropologist•1988

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