Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion
The topic of the research analyzed in this work is the relationship between legal reforms, justice, and social order with an emphasis on the role of the multicultural and post-conflict societies. It classifies these legal reforms which come as the response to societal wrongs of the past and a desire for parity as both integrating and disintegrative. The paper discusses several categories of changes in the legal systems such as restorative and transitional justice measures and their impact on social interactions. By employing survey questionnaires, face-to-face interviews as well as case studies the study examines how marginalized youth elaborate on legal reforms and the changes that ensue in social contexts. Furthermore, it underlines the need to involve all segments of the population and make social policies an inalienable part of legal reforms for the sake of the sustainable existence of both social justice and harmony.
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Legal Reforms, Social Harmony, Justice, Community Cohesion, Restorative Justice, Transitional Justice, Multicultural Societies, Post-Conflict Societies, Inclusivity, Social Integration
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(1) Mehnaz Begum
Lecturer, Department of Sharia and Law, Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(2) Nouman Ijaz
Independent Researcher & Advocate Lower Court Peshawar, KP, Pakistan.
(3) Muhammad Umair
Research Assistant, Global Policy & Research Institute (GloPRI), Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Cite this article
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APA : Begum, M., Ijaz, N., & Umair, M. (2023). Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion. Global Sociological Review, VIII(II), 478-494. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).49
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CHICAGO : Begum, Mehnaz, Nouman Ijaz, and Muhammad Umair. 2023. "Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion." Global Sociological Review, VIII (II): 478-494 doi: 10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).49
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HARVARD : BEGUM, M., IJAZ, N. & UMAIR, M. 2023. Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion. Global Sociological Review, VIII, 478-494.
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MHRA : Begum, Mehnaz, Nouman Ijaz, and Muhammad Umair. 2023. "Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion." Global Sociological Review, VIII: 478-494
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MLA : Begum, Mehnaz, Nouman Ijaz, and Muhammad Umair. "Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion." Global Sociological Review, VIII.II (2023): 478-494 Print.
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OXFORD : Begum, Mehnaz, Ijaz, Nouman, and Umair, Muhammad (2023), "Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion", Global Sociological Review, VIII (II), 478-494
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TURABIAN : Begum, Mehnaz, Nouman Ijaz, and Muhammad Umair. "Balancing Justice and Social Harmony: The Impact of Legal Reforms on Community Cohesion." Global Sociological Review VIII, no. II (2023): 478-494. https://doi.org/10.31703/gsr.2023(VIII-II).49