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A STUDY ON CUSTOMARY LAWS AND JUSTICE SYSTEM OF THE TAI-PHAKE TRIBE OF NORTH-EAST INDIA

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Sanjay Barman, Amitabh Malla Buzar Baruah
» doi: 10.53555/ecb/2023.12.7.363

Abstract

Customary Laws are a set of laws that based on the customs, traditions, social norms of a particular community. It is practiced in many countries around the world basically by the indigenous people. These customary laws are often conjunction with civil, common, and religious legal systems. It is seen that the content and features of customary laws regime vary by society to society and country to country. It is said that laws are the codified rules which are based on society. More or less the modern laws always depend on customary laws. In ancient times, there was no advanced laws and judiciary system. During that time, customary laws played a vital role in every ground and judgement was given as per the customary laws. It is observed that customary laws have been playing an important role in today’s world also. Particularly in the tribal society, these customary laws are considered as the soul of their laws and judiciary system.

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