Gypsy Justice versus Gadjé Law: Interrelations of Difference
Territories in Question: Routes in Territories
By Judith OkelyEnglish
Rather than any classical contrast and comparison, the article demonstrates interrelations of differences with emphasis on agency and external institutions of law enforcement as a resource. The non-Gypsy (gorgio)/ individual or group system is often used to settle internal disputes among Traveller-Gypsies. The outsiders’ system, while representing centuries of sedentarist and racist persecution, may be open to manipulation. The Traveller-Gypsies additionally have relatively independent, appropriate means of settling conflicts. Hitherto, this detailed material, with case studies from fieldwork in England, has been withheld for a safe passage of time. It may have become even more relevant to cross cultural studies of law and order.
Keywords
- law
- gypsies
- conflicts
- outsiders
- Britain