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Preferred term
legal systems of aboriginal and indigenous peoples
Definition
- The legal systems of non-Western peoples deserve special treatment. Some legal philosophers have argued that because folk and customary law, as non-Western legal systems are sometimes known, are (usually) oral, they represent ancient, unchanging law, as opposed to Western written law, which is new, a distinction lacking empirical foundation. [Source: Encyclopedia of Law & Society: American and Global Perspectives; Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples, Legal Systems Of]
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https://concepts.sagepub.com/social-science/concept/legal_systems_of_aboriginal_and_indigenous_peoples
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