Some articles on customary, native, rights, native customary rights:
... Indigenous peoples had organized societies and customary laws ... Indigenous peoples' customary laws are recognized and enforceable as part of the laws of post-colonial countries ... "Customary law still appears in many of the decisions of American state and federal courts ...
... Peaceful protests and timber blockades between native communities and logging companies are common, often resulting in preventive police action ... The Penan claim that their rights are not respected by the State nor by logging companies ... Another example, the native customary rights court case of Rumah Nor in the Kemena Basin gave rural communities engaged in subsistence farming hope for continued communal use of land ...
... Customary law in Australia relates to the systems and practices amongst Aboriginal Australians which have developed over time from accepted moral norms ... Customary laws are passed on by word of mouth and are not codified (nor can they be easily codified) ... and clans have different concepts of customary law, and what applies within one group or region cannot be assumed to be universal ...
... When the Commissioner is ready to begin the game the Commissioner simply says, "Customary Tip of the Hat," after which everyone repeats "Customary ... Then, the Commissioner may take the "Customary Shroop," after which everyone repeats "Customary Shroop" and takes an imaginary drink from an imaginary, or real if circumstance permits ... The Commissioner can then add any more customary phrases she/he desires, and the group should repeat them as appropriate ...
... In customary law, the role of the judiciary is to look for evidence of what is "generally accepted usage and practice" ... Many rules of customary law have crystallised to such an extent (through repeated acknowledgment by the Royal Court and in the way people conduct their affairs) that everyone accepts ... Many rules of customary law are to be found discussed in the texts of the "Commentators" and the case law of the Jersey courts ...
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