The general concepts used to study customary law across cultures, such as customary law itself as a source of law and the chthonic law of traditions that rest on ancestral custom instead of written statute. A legal system belongs here when its cited article treats customary or chthonic law as a general category and not the law of one named people. It excludes the groups for named peoples and regions.
All Concepts of Customary Law
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Chthonic law (Wikipedia)
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Chthonic law is a legal tradition centered on the sacred character of the cosmos.
Customary law (Wikipedia)
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Customary law (also consuetudinary or unofficial law) exists where: a certain legal practice is observed and the relevant actors consider it to be an opinion of law or necessity (opinio juris).
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