Legal pluralism and the continuing quest for legal certainty in Ecuador: a case study from the Andean Highlands

In 1998 Ecuador constitutionally recognised the use of customary law alongside national law, through which a situation of formal (de jure) legal pluralism came into being. However, rules that would define the personal, territorial and material jurisdiction of both forms of law have never been approv...

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Main Author: Thomas, Marc Simon (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Year: 2012, Volume: 2, Issue: 7, Pages: 57-84
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Keywords:
Rechtspluralismus
Gewohnheitsrecht
Internal restrictions
Ecuador

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