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Articles on traditional law

November 25, 2024

In a world where political polarization and disengagement are denting democracy, does Botswana’s ‘kgotla’ system hold the key?

Bernd Reiter, Texas Tech University

Botswana’s recent election saw a high level of voter turnout and resulted in a smooth transfer of power.

August 26, 2022

Nicole Curtin, Charles Darwin University; Clinton Walker, Indigenous Knowledge, and Tracy Woodroffe, Charles Darwin University

A major fertiliser plant is set to be constructed in the Pilbara, potentially impacting as many as 20 ancient rock art sites.

April 14, 2021

Dennis Penu, International Institute of Social Studies

Institutional problems make it difficult to satisfy livestock and crop farmers’ interests, already in contest over agricultural resources.

Nicole Curtin
Research associate, Charles Darwin University
Clinton Walker
Tourism operator, Indigenous Knowledge
Ruth Wallace
Director, Northern Institute, Charles Darwin University
Tracy Woodroffe
2024 ACSES First Nations Fellow, Senior Lecturer in Indigenous Knowledges, Charles Darwin University
Dennis Penu
Research Fellow, International Institute of Social Studies
Bernd Reiter
Professor of Political Science, Texas Tech University