The making of modern Samoa: traditional authority and colonial administration in the history of Western Samoa
- Description:
- Since independence in January 1962 several controversial court cases have exposed the dilemma which the Western Samoan government is facing balancing fa'a Samoa (Samoan customs and traditions) and Western rational-legal systems of authority. Western Samoa’s present legislative structure was adopted in 1962 providing two systems of legal resort to Samoans. When cases or disputes between individu...
- Display date:
- 10 Aug, 2022
- Location:
- Samoa
- Format:
- thesis
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- FigShare
- Content partner:
- FigShare
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