Legal Pluralism and Customary Justice
A Community of Practice
The Legal Pluralism and Customary Justice Community of Practice website is dedicated to ensuring that practitioners, policy-makers, and scholars with an interest in issues regarding legal pluralism have access to the latest and most insightful resources, information and dialogues concerning this growing subject area. The official site will be launched in conjunction with the 2009 Conference titled, "Customary Justice and Legal Pluralism in Post-Conflict and Fragile Societies." The conference has been sponsored by the United States Institute of Peace, George Washington University and the World Bank Justice for the Poor Program. Please click here to access information and texts related to the 2009 conference.
The Community of Practice is constantly evolving and depends upon the input and feedback of practitioners such as yourself, who have the latest information and insights into programs and policies on the ground in nations around the world. We encourage you to become an active member of the community, and to engage with other practitioners through our online forums. You can determine the thread of a conversation and post your own queries and comments once you register on the forum.
The Community of Practice also provides unrestricted access to other resources for all users and visitors. There are two distinct resource portals which we hope will be of use to professionals across the globe - Projects & Programs Database and Document Database. The first is an online database of previous and on-going projects and programs that directly deal with Legal Pluralism. By entering into the Projects & Programs Database, you will be able to learn about the geographic areas in which legal pluralism projects have been conducted, their scope of the work, funding sources, partnering organizations on the ground, relevant findings and reports, and key personnel who you may contact to learn more about each program.
Additionally, the Community of Practice has created a second database - the Document Database - of online papers, reports and scholarly texts that have directly informed and guided the emergence of Legal Pluralism discussions in the broader development initiative. As with everything else on the site, we encourage you to actively contribute to its ongoing growth and evolution by submitting your own work and updating us on additional resources that we have yet to post online. If you would like to provide additional resources to share with other community members, please email them to Tim Luccaro, tluccaro@usip.org.
Please share your questions and comments regarding the Legal Pluralism and Customary Justice Community of Practice by emailing us.
