Customary Arbitration: Religion, Culture, and Law in Igboland

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Critical Research on Religion Pub Date : 2023-05-10 DOI:10.1177/20503032231174210

Johnson Ifeanyi Okeke

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Abstract

The Igbo traditional religion provides institutions for the amicable, natural, and lasting resolutions of conflicts within Igboland. One of such institutions is the Igbo customary arbitration mechanism. This article aims at unavailing and bringing to the fore, the numerous positive aspects of customary arbitration which include the quick dispensation of justice, less financial implications, and purposeful and acceptable awards. It uses indigenous procedures and actors in arriving at an award. It focuses on the deployment of cultural, religious, and legal components in its procedures and findings. It therefore offers a better alternative as litigants could benefit from it. The practice also encourages cultural revival. This study makes use of documents, interviews, and observational methods while deploying a sociological (functionalist) methodology in its analysis.

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期刊介绍： Critical Research on Religion is a peer-reviewed, international journal focusing on the development of a critical theoretical framework and its application to research on religion. It provides a common venue for those engaging in critical analysis in theology and religious studies, as well as for those who critically study religion in the other social sciences and humanities such as philosophy, sociology, anthropology, psychology, history, and literature. A critical approach examines religious phenomena according to both their positive and negative impacts. It draws on methods including but not restricted to the critical theory of the Frankfurt School, Marxism, post-structuralism, feminism, psychoanalysis, ideological criticism, post-colonialism, ecocriticism, and queer studies. The journal seeks to enhance an understanding of how religious institutions and religious thought may simultaneously serve as a source of domination and progressive social change. It attempts to understand the role of religion within social and political conflicts. These conflicts are often based on differences of race, class, ethnicity, region, gender, and sexual orientation – all of which are shaped by social, political, and economic inequity. The journal encourages submissions of theoretically guided articles on current issues as well as those with historical interest using a wide range of methodologies including qualitative, quantitative, and archival. It publishes articles, review essays, book reviews, thematic issues, symposia, and interviews.