Under the Constitutional Context, Customary Law and Local Autonomy: A Socio-Legal Study of the "Samoa Way"

Author: Hu Pingren
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Publish Date: 2005-02-01
Features: On the one hand, individual value is widely ignored, while on the other hand, people are very free; on the one hand, there is a long tradition of democracy and consultation, while on the other hand, there is a rigid hierarchy and collective tyranny; on the one hand, state institutions are organized and operated in a completely traditional British parliamentary system, while on the other hand, local communities are fully autonomous according to traditional ways.