Does legal aid improve access to justice in ‘fragile’ settings? Evidence from Burundi

Autor: Imane Chaara, Jean-Benoît Falisse, Julien Moriceau

Publikováno v: Chaara, I, Falisse, J-B & Moriceau, J 2022, ' Does legal aid improve access to justice in ‘fragile’ settings? Evidence from Burundi ', Journal of Peace Research . https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433211055633

Access to justice is often described as key for building and consolidating peace and enhancing socio-economic development in fragile and post-conflict states. Since the 2000s, legal empowerment has been one of the most popular approaches to improve s

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https://doi.org/10.1177/00223433211055633

Using the law to change the custom

Autor: Imane Chaara, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Zaki Wahhaj, Gani Aldashev

Publikováno v: Journal of Development Economics. 97:182-200

The custom often acts as a powerful hindrance to equity-increasing changes. In this paper, we present a simple model of legal dualism in which a progressive legal reform can, under certain conditions, shift the conflicting custom in the direction int

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jdeveco.2011.03.001

Formal Law as a Magnet to Reform Custom

Autor: Gani Aldashev, Jean-Philippe Platteau, Zaki Wahhaj, Imane Chaara

Publikováno v: Economic Development and Cultural Change. 60(4):795-795

The question of the role of statutory law in social environments permeated by custom and traditional norms is particularly important when the statutory law aims to correct social inequalities embedded in the customs. The conventional view is that for

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