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Social Control in the Oasis of Siwa: A Study in Natural Justice and Conflict Resolution

This article examines the legacy of "natural justice" as it is practiced in the remote Egyptian oasis of Siwa (pronounced See-wah), The selection of secludedlocationsforthis kind of research has been beneficial because such locations lend themselves to more manageable research assumptions. The finer shades of social justice can be better discerned when life is simple, laws natural, social control genuine, change slow, and government unintrusive. This Egyptian oasis was selected because it has been cited in three prominent historical references: Herodotus reported visiting the oasis and its famous Amunian Oracle, which was built possibly before the Athenian Oracle of Delphi; Plato and other Greek philosophers reportedly studiedatthe Amunian Oracle, where Plato presumably conceptualized his views on The Republic; and Alexander the Great visited the Siwan Oracle in 331 B.C., where he was crowned as an Egyptian pharaoh.

International Criminal Justice Review, Vol. 11, No. 1, 82-103 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/105756770101100104


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