Programmes and the open archive
Our research programmes, and every output they produce. All of it is free to read and download.
Three lines of inquiry
I
Access to Justice in Practice
What it costs, in time and money, to bring an ordinary dispute to a decision.
II
Plural Legal Orders
How customary, religious and state institutions share the work of resolving disputes.
III
Law in Administration
How rules are applied by the officials people meet first.
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“Peer-reviewed” means independent external review before publication. “Not peer-reviewed” items are working drafts, field notes or reports, published openly so you can judge them yourself.
Shalish and the State: A Doctrinal Reading of Village Arbitration
Reads the statutory framework for village mediation against how disputes are settled in fieldwork sites.
Reaching the Court: Cost, Distance and Delay in District Legal Aid
A mixed-methods account of the road from first complaint to first hearing.
Legal Aid Case Files: Coded Sample with Codebook
De-identified, coded sample cleared by the Ethics Review Committee.
Interviewing in Plural Legal Settings: A Field Protocol
The protocol our fieldworkers follow, as cleared by the Ethics Review Committee.
Local Officials and the Rules They Apply
A study of how front-line officials interpret rules when guidance is silent.