DECENTRALISED POWER AND TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES: HOW POWER DETERMINES ACCESS TO JUSTICE IN SIERRA LEONE.

Information about several papers discussed at a conference held November 1-3, 2010 sponsored by the Danish Institute for International Studies on the issue of justice, security and international law. The topics include the link of the decentralization of power with the justice system in Sierra Leone. Information on the legal pluralism and the relationship between local power and the decentralized authority is also presented.