ABSTRACT
Stromseth notes there is no universal “rule of law in a box” that can simply be placed down on all societies (2009: p. 418). Using data from a two-year mixed mode study of all the courts in post-colonial Trinidad and Tobago conducted between the Judicial Education Institute of Trinidad and Tobago, the University of the West Indies, and University College London, this chapter explores the use of therapeutic jurisprudence and in particular the implementation of a localised definition of procedural justice. This mental health approach to law, and the use of tools from the behavioural sciences is explored to assess the therapeutic impact of law in Trinidad and Tobago. In doing this, the chapter asks the neocolonial question of (how) is it possible to create justice out of States of injustice such as slavery, colonialism, and capitalism?
