Why Do People Use Informal Justice? Experimental Evidence from Kosovo

IF 3.2 Q1 POLITICAL SCIENCE Journal of Experimental Political Science Pub Date : 2023-07-18 DOI:10.1017/xps.2023.18
K. Krakowski, Shpend Kursani
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Why do some people resolve disputes through the state, while others use religious or customary justice? We address this question by conducting a vignette experiment in Kosovo. We design hypothetical situations in which fictitious characters are involved in disputes regarding inheritance, debt, domestic violence, and murder. We vary information concerning (i) vignette characters’ resources, (ii) their beliefs about the efficiency of state justice, and (iii) dispute settlement customs in the characters’ communities. Survey respondents assess whether a vignette character is likely to seek informal justice, given the described circumstances. We find that respondents associate informal justice with characters who believe that the state would resolve their disputes very slowly, and whose other community members would not use state justice. These findings generalize to respondents’ own justice preferences and patterns of actual informal dispute settlement in Kosovo and beyond. Our article highlights efficiency concerns and local conventions as explanations of informal justice.
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为什么人们使用非正式司法?来自科索沃的实验证据
为什么有些人通过国家解决争端,而另一些人则使用宗教或习惯正义?我们通过在科索沃进行小插曲实验来解决这个问题。我们设计了虚构人物卷入遗产、债务、家庭暴力和谋杀纠纷的假设场景。我们对(i)小插曲角色的资源,(ii)他们对国家司法效率的信念,以及(iii)角色社区中的争端解决习俗的信息进行了更改。调查对象评估在所描述的情况下,小插曲角色是否可能寻求非正式司法。我们发现,受访者将非正式司法与那些认为国家会非常缓慢地解决他们的争端,而其他社区成员不会使用国家司法的角色联系在一起。这些调查结果概括了受访者自己的司法偏好以及科索沃及其他地区实际非正式争端解决的模式。我们的文章强调了效率问题和地方惯例作为非正式司法的解释。
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Journal of Experimental Political Science
Journal of Experimental Political Science Social Sciences-Sociology and Political Science
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