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THE RECOGNITION OF ABORIGINAL CUSTOMARY LAWS - 701. Range of Cases Heard.
Taylor divides the cases coming before the Aboriginal Court into
three kinds. There are those cases which involve contravention of
the community's by-laws which are essentially of a local government
kind e.g. relating to health, hygiene or government property.
Secondly, there are those charges which result directly from 'old
custom' disputing. Often no charges were brought as a result of a
public dispute, either because the matter did not come to the
attention of officials or because it was not considered by them as
sufficiently serious to justify laying charges. The third type of
case involved fights and disturbances following the consumption of
alcohol. There was a significant overlap between the second and
third categories.
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