The law of Tuvalu comprises legislation passed by the Parliament of Tuvalu and statutory instruments that become law, certain acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom during the period Tuvalu was a British protectorate or colony, the common law, and customary law, particularly regarding ownership of land. The land tenure system is largely based on kaitasi, an extended family ownership arrangement. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Classification
Legal Family Example Jurisdictions Connections
In Legal Family
Entity-backed identity for the legal family value this legal-system already carries as an enum fact, resolved to a legal-system entity by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The enum fact itself stays on the entity unchanged.
Includes
Source Constitution of Tuvalu (Wikipedia)
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: Australia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Tuvalu, found in there.
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Law of Tuvalu
2. Law of Tuvalu (Wikipedia)
Introduction, jurisdictions using itQuote, Introduction, jurisdictions using it
The Law of Tuvalu comprises the legislation voted into law by the Parliament of Tuvalu and statutory instruments that become law; certain acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom ; the common law; and customary law.
Constitution of Tuvalu (Wikipedia)
Includes: Constitution of Tuvalu, Wikipedia lead paragraphQuote, Includes: Constitution of Tuvalu, Wikipedia lead paragraph
The Constitution of Tuvalu states that it is “the supreme law of Tuvalu” and
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