The Model of Healing Justice of the Arhuaco People. A Study of Comparative Law from the Global South

Abstract The emergence of the notion of the global South has revitalized the discipline of comparative law. However, most academic studies continue to discuss theories and values ​​established by European law. It reinforces the idea of sites of production of legal thought (in the global North) and sites of reception of legal thought (in the global South). In this article, the contributions of the Arhuaco Indigenous people’s curative justice system to the broader legal system are highlighted through fieldwork conducted in Colombia. This interdisciplinary work sheds new light on ways to rethink criminal law, seeking a truly therapeutic, holistic, and community-based justice system.