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Conflict and Compromise: The Politics of Lok Adalats in Varanasi District

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Robert S. Moog
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Abstract

Researchers use a variety of approaches in analyzing dispute processing outside of adversarial court proceedings. Some emphasize disputant decisionmaking, while others, who generally take a more critical view of these alternatives, approach dispute processing alternatives from the perspective of the state and its interests. In this article I use a third approach which focuses on the political behavior of actors involved in the organization, administration, and staffing of these alternative mechanisms. The approach is applied to a relatively new alternative to adjudication in the courts in India, the lok adalat.

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Law & Society Review , Volume 25 , Issue 3 , 1991 , pp. 545 - 569
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Copyright © 1991 by The Law and Society Association

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Footnotes

Financial support for this research was provided by a Fulbright-Hays Fellowship. Among those who deserve special mention for their assistance at various stages of this project are Professors Lloyd and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph and Professor David Gilmartin.

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