Justice Administration Outside of the Ordinary Courts of Law in Mainland Tanzania: The Case of Ward Tribunals in Babati District
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1997
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African Studies Quarterly
Abstract
Since colonial days, justice administration in what is now mainland Tanzania, has
invariably involved arbitral procedures alongside the more court-based litigation process. The
British colonial government in Tanzania (then Tanganyika) systematized and put in place a
system of customary arbitration which, although distinct, formed part of the colonial legal
system. At first the post-colonial state adopted this system without any alteration, but in 1969 a
statutory provision was made for the creation of a more formal and village-based structure
known as the Arbitration Tribunals (1969). In 1985, a parliament Act (no. 7 of 1985) replaced
these with more formalized and regularized organs called the Ward Tribunals. In contrast to the
Arbitration Tribunals, the latter organs are based in wards and are meant to function under the
overall control of the district-based local government authorities.
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Justice Administration, Ordinary Courts, Law, Mainland Tanzania, Ward Tribunals, Babati District
Citation
Lawi, Y.Q., 1997. Justice administration outside the ordinary courts of law in mainland Tanzania: The case of ward tribunals in Babati district. African Studies Quarterly, 1(2), p.8.