CERTAIN LEGAL PRACTICES OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS

Journal Title: Право і суспільство - Year 2016, Vol 4, Issue 2

Abstract

The article is devoted to some aspects of the standing and development of the customary law of Papua New Guinea. Several legal customs of Papuans are analyzed (men’s house, tribal mutual assistance, land property, exchange names, mutual donation, kula, exogamy, urihubu, onim search and taboo). The place of legal custom in the modern legal system of Papua New Guinea is founded.

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М. М. БЕДРІЙ

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М. М. БЕДРІЙ (2016). CERTAIN LEGAL PRACTICES OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ANALYSIS. Право і суспільство, 4(2), 3-8. https://europub.co.uk/articles/-A-460177