Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 5
3. Acknowledgements 9
4. 1. Introduction 11
5. I. The interplay of international, national and local law
6. 2. Towards widening the constitutional space for customary justice systems in Ethiopia 43
7. 3. The UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and African Societies 63
8. 4. Understanding customary laws in the context of legal pluralism 71
9. II. Cooperation and competition between legal forums
10. 5. The handling of homicide in the context of legal pluralism 97
11. 6. The interplay of customary and formal legal systems among the Tulama Oromo 115
12. 7. Federal Sharia Courts in Addis Ababa 139
13. 8. Use and abuse of ‘the right to consent’ 163
14. III. Emerging hybridity of legal institutions and practices
15. 9. Local strategies to maintain cultural integrity 187
16. 10. Legal pluralism and Protestant Christianity 213
17. 11. Kontract: A hybrid form of law among the Sidama 235
18. 12. Legal pluralism and emerging legal hybridity 263
19. 13. A matter perspective: Of transfers, switching, and cross-cutting legal procedures 283
20. IV. Incompatibilities and conflict
21. 14. When parallel justice systems lack mutual recognition 311
22. 15. Combatting infanticide in Bashada and Hamar 339
23. 16. Clashing values 371
24. Glossary 399
25. Contributors 409