Local Legal Conceptions in Svan Villages in the Lowlands

Author(s): Stéphane Voell
Editor(s): Stéphane Voell
Series: Caucasus Analytical Digest (CAD)
Issue: 42
Pages: 2-4
Publisher(s): Center for Security Studies (CSS), ETH Zurich; Research Centre for East European Studies, University of Bremen; Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, George Washington University
Publication Year: 2012

Scholars have frequently discussed the role of traditional law in the highland regions of Georgia. This research project, which was financed by the German Volkswagen-Foundation, followed a different approach by examining traditional legal practices in Svan villages in lowland Kvemo Kartli. The Georgian-German research team found out that despite a strong administration and working law enforcement agencies, traditional law continues to be an important frame of reference for the Svans.

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