Legal Transplants: A conflict of statutory law and customary Law in Papua New Guinea

Ethnic conflict in Papua New Guinea

On many measures of ethno-linguistic diversity, Papua New Guinea is the most fragmented society in the world. I argue that the macro-level political effect of this diversity has been to reduce, rather than increase, the impact of ethnic conflict on the state. Outside the Bougainville conflict, and (to a lesser extent) the recent upsurge of violence in the Southern Highlands, ethnic conflicts in...

The Formation of Customary Law

Legal and Ethical Principles of Criminalization in Iran’s Criminal Law

Background: The criminal code is the rules that restrict the rights and freedoms of a person to ensure peaceful coexistence. What behavior should be prohibited and which one can be removed from the circle of legal acts. How can the word ethics in the world of law refer to ethical and literary means from the past, and is called the tradition of morality, in the sense of moral standards? On the b...

Islamic Law , Customary Law , and Afghan Informal Justice

This report is part of the United States Institute of Peace’s (USIP) ongoing effort to understand the pluralist legal system of Afghanistan. It examines, compares, and contrasts Islamic law with traditional forms of justice in an attempt to elucidate how such rule of law approaches interact as well as provide a fuller understanding of each system to better guide rule of law practice, policy, an...

A Review on "Civil Law in Current Legal System"

بحث تنقیح قوانین و مقررات، از مباحثی است که درحال حاضر محافل علمی را بیش از پیش به خود مشغول کرده؛ و یکی از مباحث مهم تنقیح قوانین و مقررات، بررسی و تشخیص«نسخ ضمنی» مصوبات است. در این مقاله به گوشه‌هایی از مبحث نسخ (آن هم نه نسخ و تغییرات ضمنی، بلکه نسخ و تغییرات صریح)، اکتفا می‌شود. شاید تصور شود که نسخ، اصلاح و الحاق صریح معلوم است و نیازی به بیان آن نیست، اتفاقاً در این تحقیق، دایرة بحث، بیش...