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“Balancing Zambian and Traditional Legal Systems.”

Mennonite Central Committee
June 4, 2015

Source: (2000) Peace Office Newsletter 30 (1).

In anecdotal fashion, highlighting the work of the Mindola Ecumenical Foundation in Zambia, this article relates traditional Zambian processes for addressing conflicts and offenders in relation to a more Western legal system.

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