Re: Pakistan Court awards hand of girl aged two to 40-year-old
I didn’t say that the system was good. What I said it that the system works within the framework of the law of a civilised state. There’s no way to implement any law that would prevent the formation of village courts such as these, without becoming draconian and oppresive.
No country has any laws that can prevent a group of people voluntarily setting up their own courts, and voluntarily adhering to its judgements.
Such a court could easily be formed in the USA by a rural village. It could issue judgements that would be non-binding and have no legal standing under US law, but as long as the people affected by the judgement voluntarily went along with the judgements, and the judgements did not break the law of the land, then nothing could be done.
Similarly in Pakistan. These village courts frankly are not a good thing, but so long as they are not issuing illegal actions as punishments, then nothing can be done in cases like this where people voluntarily follow the judgements.