Table of contents

In memoriam of José Guilherme Negrão

Preface
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, João Carlos Trindade and Maria Paula Meneses

Part I – State, Law and the Administration of Justice

Chapter I – The Heterogeneous State and Legal Plurality
Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Chapter II - Rupture and Continuity in Political and Legal Processes
João Carlos Trindade

Chapter III – Toward Interlegality? Traditional Healers and the Law
Maria Paula Meneses

Part II – Intermezzo

Chapter IV - The Economic Development: from the 1960s to 2000
António Alberto da Silva Francisco

Part III - The Administration of Justice: Characteristics and Performance

Chapter V – Methodological Issues
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, João Carlos Trindade, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, Conceição Gomes, João Pedroso, André Cristiano José, Guilherme Mbilana, Joaquim Fumo and Maria Paula Meneses

Chapter VI - The Judicial System: Structure, Legal Education and Legal Training
João Carlos Trindade and João Pedroso

Chapter VII - The Courts in Action: Functions, Resources, Case Flow and Characterization of Litigation
João Pedroso, João Carlos Trindade, Maria Manuel Leitão Marques and André Cristiano José

Chapter VIII - The Judicial Courts’ Performance: Main Blockages in the Court System
João Carlos Trindade, João Pedroso, André Cristiano José and Boaventura de Sousa Santos

Chapter IX - Access to Law and Justice: Advocacy and Legal Assistance between the State, the Market and the Community 
Maria Manuel Leitão Marques, João Pedroso, André Cristiano José, Boaventura de Sousa Santos and Terezinha da Silva

Chapter X – The Community Courts
Conceição Gomes Joaquim Fumo, Guilherme Mbilana, João Carlos Trindade and Boaventura de Sousa Santos,

Chapter XI – The Traditional Authorities
Maria Paula Meneses, Joaquim Fumo, Guilherme Mbilana and Conceição Gomes

Chapter XII - Solidarity Networks as Entities for Resolving Conflicts
Teresa Cruz e Silva

Chapter XIII - Customary Land Systems and the new Land Law (1997): an Epistemological Note
José Guilherme Negrão

Conclusion
Boaventura de Sousa Santos, João Carlos Trindade and Maria Paula Meneses

References