Hybridising justice: State-Customary interactions over forest crime and punishment in oecusse, east timor

Asia Pacific Journal of Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 43-57

  Meitzner Yoder, Laura S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Customary Law; East Timor; Environmental Regulation; Institutions; State; Tara Bandu; Traditional Justice

Indexed keywords

EID: 85023835135     PISSN: 14442213     EISSN: 17409314     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14442210601161732     Document Type: Article

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