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Issues for consideration: legal recognition of customary law
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Issues for consideration: legal recognition of customary law
• What forms of “recognition” of or “respect” for customary law have worked in practice? What models could be explored? - continuing customary practices within the actual life of a community - appropriate recordal or documentation of customary law and practice - direct application of customary law as legally binding on the community - legal mechanisms to extend the legal scope of customary law obligations: within domestic law through international law - customary law as providing factual input to other laws - customary rights and obligations as exceptions within other legal systems - customary law as providing policy guidance to other legal systems - applying customary law procedures in other legal processes - customary law as providing substantive norms and principles for broader application • What legal, practical, ethical and constitutional factors have been relevant? • forms of “recognition” of or “respect” for customary law have been applied in practice? What models could be explored? Pathways for recognition of customary law The various legal pathways or mechanisms for recognition of customary law 39 include: • Constitutional: recognition of customary law within a national or other constitution as a distinct source of law, in general terms, or constitutional recognition with limited reference to specific areas of law, such as family and other social relationships, land law and environmental management, and indigenous governance. 39 This section draws on Law Reform Commission of Western Australia, “Aboriginal Customary Laws” (2005), Part III. 18 • Judicial: common law or judicial recognition, in which customary law is used within the bounds of juridical discretion in reaching a decision. • Statutory: specific statutes may recognize the role of customary law for specific purposes, such as in recognizing family relationships or rights of inheritance established under customary law. • Administrative: customary law is recognized or referred to in the implementation of administrative responsibilities). “Functional recognition” of customary law refers to the specific recognition of the effect of customary law in specific contexts, such as in the procedures for communities’ prior informed consent, for determining equitable sharing of benefits. “Affirmative recognition” refers to steps taken to recognize customary law with the goal of empowering traditional or indigenous communities and to strengthen the legal basis for their social and economic development. “Reconciliatory recognition” refers to forms of recognition of customary law that are undertaken to foster reconciliation between sectors of society, in particular between indigenous communities and others. Download 303.69 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: |
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