Living and historical customary legal orders of Africa, Asia and the Middle East, among them African customary law, Adat law of the Malay world, the Somali xeer, Bedouin justice, the Pashtun code and the village and elder institutions of Central Asia and China. A legal system belongs here when its cited article describes the customary law of a people or region in those continents. It excludes European customary law and indigenous legal orders of the Americas and Oceania.
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Aqsaqal (Wikipedia)
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Traditionally, an aqsaqal is the leader of a village or aul, and is in charge of all matters relating to customary law.
Bedouin systems of justice (Wikipedia)
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Systems of justice among the Bedouin Arabs are varied among the tribes.
Customary law in South Africa (Wikipedia)
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South African customary law refers to a usually uncodified legal system developed and practised by the indigenous communities of South Africa.
Dishu system (Wikipedia)
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Dishu (Chinese: 嫡庶) was an important legal and moral system involving marriage and inheritance in the Chinese cultural sphere.
Pashtunwali (Wikipedia)
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Pashtunwali (Pashto: پښتونوالی, romanized: Pəx̌tunwālay, Pashto pronunciation: [pəʂ.tun.wɑ'laɪ, pəʃ.tun.wɑ'laɪ, pəç.tun.wɑ'laɪ, pəx.tun.wɑ'le/pʊx.tun.wɑ'le]), also known as Pakhtunwali and Afghaniyat, is the traditional lifestyle or a code of honour and tribal code of the Pashtun people by which they live.
Xeer (Wikipedia)
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Xeer (pronounced [ħeːr]) is the traditional legal system used by Somalis in Djibouti, Somalia, Somaliland, Somali Region of Ethiopia, and the North Eastern Province in Kenya.
Adat (Wikipedia)
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Within the region, the term refers, in a broader sense, to the customary norms, rules, interdictions, and injunctions that guide individuals' conduct as members of the community and the sanctions and forms of address by which these norms and rules are upheld.
Traditional Chinese law (Wikipedia)
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Traditional Chinese law refers to the legal system including laws, regulations, and rules used in Sinosphere.
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