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DESCRIPTION:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents: "The (In)Security and 
 (In)Justice Implications of International Rule of Law Reform in Post-Confl
 ict Contexts: Liberia in Anthropological Perspective" by Stephen Lubkemann
 Many Liberians have come to understand and seek justice in the decade foll
 owing the long civil war within a complex topography of potential formal a
 nd informal justice providers profoundly shaped by externally-driven Rule 
 of Law reform efforts. Drawing on five years of extensive qualitative and 
 quantitative work in rural and urban Liberia\, this analysis demonstrates 
 how the perceived effectiveness and social responsiveness of both customar
 y and formal justice systems has been undermined not only by civil war\, b
 ut paradoxically by post-conflict policies that have sought to strengthen 
 “Rule of Law” and re-establish a functioning justice system. Liberian stra
 tegies for resolving disputes and injustice of all sorts are increasingly 
 informed by a mounting skepticism towards state courts and alternative cus
 tomary forums alike—albeit for different reasons. These findings have impl
 ications for how the relationship between “informal” and “formal” justice 
 institutions is understood and analyzed in war-torn societies\; for rule o
 f law reform\; and for the broader tasks of “peace-building” and “governan
 ce.” Rule of law reform may\, in fact\, be inadvertently affecting the tas
 k of re-building the legitimacy of the state in highly unexpected and prob
 lematic ways.Stephen Lubkemannis Associate Professor of Anthropology\, Int
 ernational Affairs\, and Africana Studies at The George Washington Univers
 ity. He is also the Acting Director of the GWU Diaspora Research and Polic
 y Program.Lunch Will Be Served
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SUMMARY:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents: Stephen Lubkemannis
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X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Maxwell African Scholars Union Presents: "The 
 (In)Security and (In)Justice Implications of International Rule of Law Ref
 orm in Post-Conflict Contexts: Liberia in Anthropological Perspective" by 
 Stephen Lubkemann<br><br>Many Liberians have come to understand and seek j
 ustice in the decade following the long civil war within a complex topogra
 phy of potential formal and informal justice providers profoundly shaped b
 y externally-driven Rule of Law reform efforts. Drawing on five years of e
 xtensive qualitative and quantitative work in rural and urban Liberia\, th
 is analysis demonstrates how the perceived effectiveness and social respon
 siveness of both customary and formal justice systems has been undermined 
 not only by civil war\, but paradoxically by post-conflict policies that h
 ave sought to strengthen “Rule of Law” and re-establish a functioning just
 ice system. Liberian strategies for resolving disputes and injustice of al
 l sorts are increasingly informed by a mounting skepticism towards state c
 ourts and alternative customary forums alike—albeit for different reasons.
  These findings have implications for how the relationship between “inform
 al” and “formal” justice institutions is understood and analyzed in war-to
 rn societies\; for rule of law reform\; and for the broader tasks of “peac
 e-building” and “governance.” Rule of law reform may\, in fact\, be inadve
 rtently affecting the task of re-building the legitimacy of the state in h
 ighly unexpected and problematic ways.<br><br>Stephen Lubkemannis Associat
 e Professor of Anthropology\, International Affairs\, and Africana Studies
  at The George Washington University. He is also the Acting Director of th
 e GWU Diaspora Research and Policy Program.<br><br>Lunch Will Be Served<br
 ><br>
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