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Das Konzept "Rechtspluralismus"
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nahmen sich diversen Rechtsfällen an, auch ganz einfach deswegen, weil
keinerlei staatliche Strukturen vorhanden waren um dem legalen Recht
genüge tragen zu können.
Für Schott (1985:230) finden sich fünf vorwiegende Gründe, warum das
"traditionelle Rechtssystem" nach wie vor in Anspruch genommen wird und
dadurch weiter bestehen bleibt:
" A villager will normally go to his chief first in order to obtain justice, "his"
justice. This is because (1) legal proceedings in the state magistrates' courts
are carried out in English, which most Bulsa do not speak; (2) the atmosphere
of such courts is totally foreign to them; (3) such courts are often far distant,
and travel to them is difficult; (4) the costs involved are often excessive; (5) the
most important point, the concepts of law and justice prevailing in magistrates'
courts differ essentially from the traditional concepts of the Bulsa. Bulsa may
find themselves forced to distort their own customery law [...] in order to
conform to the courts' expectations."
Auch den zusammenfassenden Kommentar möchte ich Rüdiger Schott (1985:231)
überlassen, in welchem er noch einmal die unterschiedlichen Selbstverständnisse
(auf der einen Seite jenes der Bulsa, auf der anderen Seite jenes, sich im formalen
Recht niederschlagende, der zentralistischen Regierung) vom innergesellschaft-
lichen Regulativ "Recht und Ordnung" unterstreicht:
"Bulsa unofficial courts follow the "living law" (Ehrlich), which is now a blend of
traditional and western elements. The village chief, in dealing with cases, is
not concerned with abstract concepts such as "law", "justice", "custom" or
"customary law", but with regulating the everyday affairs of villagers in the light
of traditional ideas of how to behave. The "justice" of such unofficial courts
opposes itself to the formal "law" of Ghana, according to which traditional
authorities should not try cases according to the customary law of the people.
The significance of this conflict should not be brushed aside. The concept of
law in the life of a great portion of the rural African population is more than just
the state legislation and judicial procedure, to a great extent modelled on
foreign examples; while the local customary "law" corresponds to the
traditional social structures and religious views of the population."
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