Customary Law-Formal Law Interface: Impact On Tribal Culture

Authors

  • Dr. S. Krishnan Mani Assistant Professor, Seedling School of Law and Governance, Jaipur National University, Jaipur Author

Keywords:

tribes, Tribal Culture, Northeast, Formal Law Interface

Abstract

Most tribes of the Northeast combine allegiance to the formal legal system of the Indian Constitution with adherence to their tradition or customary law in their civil, social and cultural life. It is true of tribes all over India but is so particularly in the Northeast. The customary law is among the most distinctive features of the tribes of this region. They have been subjected to economic, social, political and religious pressures but less than in Middle India. Such pressures have eroded many of their systems but most continue to retain their customary law to which the State has accorded constitutional recognition in Nagaland and Mizoram. Others live according to it without formal recognition but want the State to grant them constitutional recognition.

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Published

12-08-2019

How to Cite

Customary Law-Formal Law Interface: Impact On Tribal Culture. (2019). Asian Law & Public Policy Review, 4, 33-50. https://journal.thelawbrigade.com/alppr/article/view/35

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