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Adjudication
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Dispute resolution managed by a judge or other person with power to impose a settlement
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Bands
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The smallest maximal SOCIAL UNIT, especially characteristic of mobile foragers
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Big Men
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Informal leader who relies on influence, not power; especially characteristic of band and tribe organizations
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Chiefdoms
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That political organization of a society that allocates real power to the leader or chief
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Chiefs
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A leader with actual power, not just personal influence; characteristic especially of chiefdoms
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Colonialism
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Where on society wields political, economic, and cultural poewr over another
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Conflict Resolution
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The wide range of institutionalized ways that societies have to contain and settle conflict
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Deviance
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Behavior that differs significantly from the cultural norm or rule
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House Palavers
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West African term for moot or local court
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Influence
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The personal ability to lead, of leaders who lack any real power to coerce
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Law
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Legislated, proclaimed, explicit rules at the more formal end of the continuum of norms
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Legal Pluralism
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Situations in which two or more legal codes coexist
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Mediation
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Informal dispute settlement in which a third party tries to reconcile the two disputes
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Moots
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A way of resolving conflict by adjudication through a local court
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Nations
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The largest, most formally organized sort of social unit
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