Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul

Land disputes represent a serious problem in Afghanistan today. Historically, they have several causes. Mass-migration resulting from the war and the influx of returning of refugees has compounded the problems already posed by the lack of effective record-keeping systems and the destruction of offic...

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Main Author: Antonio De Lauri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de Provence 2013-06-01
Series:Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/8051
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description Land disputes represent a serious problem in Afghanistan today. Historically, they have several causes. Mass-migration resulting from the war and the influx of returning of refugees has compounded the problems already posed by the lack of effective record-keeping systems and the destruction of official documents. From the starting point of ethnographic case studies, this article develops an analysis of dispute resolution mechanisms related to property. It focuses on normative interconnections, or the way in which different normative systems interact. For instance, in Afghanistan, four normative systems coexist : state law, Islamic law, customary practices and international legal standards. It is argued that judicial practice is the by-product of this normative pluralism and the work of judges is characterized by an ‘art of compromise’ which tends to reify the social hierarchies in place.
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Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul
Revue des Mondes Musulmans et de la Méditerranée
land disputes
property
normative interconnections
judicial practice
title Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul
title_full Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul
title_fullStr Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul
title_full_unstemmed Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul
title_short Terre, normes de propriété et litiges à Kaboul
title_sort terre normes de propriete et litiges a kaboul
topic land disputes
property
normative interconnections
judicial practice
url https://journals.openedition.org/remmm/8051
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