When the Community “Says” the Law: The Indigenous Justice Assemblies in Oaxaca

• Autor: Vázquez Hernández, Irán
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2024
• Institución: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Repositorio: Revistas - Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/28878
• Enlace del recurso: http://revistas.pucp.edu.pe/index.php/derechopucp/article/view/28878
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Indigenous justice assemblies; Community judicial bodies; Communicative event; Discursivity; Orality; Asambleas de justicia indígena; Órganos jurisdiccionales comunitarios; Evento comunicativo; Discursividad; Oralidad

Assemblies represent an essential element in the indigenous justice of the communities in Oaxaca. In these types of gatherings, the community becomes a collective judicial body in order to address a violation of its normative system. What is their nature? How do they function? What notable elements do they incorporate in their development? This study aims to provide an approach to these questions through the tools of discourse analysis and studies on orality. To achieve its goal, it is divided into four sections: the first analyzes the typology, nature and status of indigenous justice assemblies; while the following sections focus on examining their procedural, discursive and oral dynamics.