Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Eric's career includes extensive work in both public and corporate accounting with ...

Traditional justice mechanisms are among Ethiopia’s most enduring alternative dispute resolution avenues. They are rooted in indigenous systems that predate the formal judiciary and provide accessible ...

In South Africa, a customary marriage may begin with ancestral blessings, lobola payments and the union of two families – but when that union breaks down, tradition alone will not suffice. According ...

Customary laws of Santals in Jharkhand limit the property rights of Adivasi women. These have been further constrained by shifting customs, weakened social support, and state interventions. The ...

If you've ever found yourself wanting to measure something but don't have a ruler or tape measure on hand, measuring apps on your phone can come to the rescue. They range from the fairly simple to ...

The Kalyan Dombivli municipal corporation's meat ban on Independence Day has stirred political controversy, with leaders from NCP (SP) and Shiv Sena (UBT) condemning it as an infringement on food ...

A lawyer says people shouldn't fear Māori being given customary marine titles. The Government will tighten criteria so that groups will have to prove continuous and uninterrupted occupation since 1840 ...

It is not legally possible for both a customary marriage and a civil marriage to co-exist alongside each other. Parties are either married by customary law or by civil law, an acting judge said in a ...

A picture of young boys from the Xhosa tribe attending a traditional initiation school in Libode in the Eastern Cape province. Picture: AFP Now government is looking to tighten its enforcement of the ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Forestry Minister establishes a task force for the acceleration of customary forest designation. It is just a gimmick without any political sincerity. There is no need for Minister ...

WALTON COUNTY, Fla. (WMBB) – In 2018, Florida passed a law allowing private beaches, only in Walton County. It set off years of legal battles, with the courts siding with the private landowners. Prior ...

The Florida House voted to repeal a 2018 law impacting beach access rights in Walton County. The 2018 law restricted local governments from establishing customary use ordinances on private beaches.