Indigenous justice in the new community courts

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This dissertation presents a summary of the first chapter outlined the context of the study, the overview, terminology and the research aims as well as research questions. The purpose of the study was to explore the indigenous justice under the new Community Courts. It aimed to determine the guidelines, factors that influence indigenous justice

The literature reviews in Chapter 2 address the works on customary law and indigenous justice. The description of the methodology in Chapter 3 addresses how the research questions were approached using purposeful sampling and semistructured interviews as part of an interpretive approach. A thematic analysis of the data was undertaken from which important recurring concepts were derived. This process continued during data collection

Chapter 4 presents and describes findings from the data analysis. Findings showed the importance of indigenous justice and the cornerstone that customary law play within our societies. Chapter 5 presents a summary of the main findings of the study, together with conclusions and recommendations. Limitations of the study and implications for future research are also addressed.