Ethnic Customary Law in relation to political, military and security issues (original) (raw)

According to anthropology and ethnology, the customary law itself originated long before the emergence of the state and laws applied by official authorities. In the absence of statehood, different ethnicities may have found forms of customary justice, through written or unwritten customary law. These customary laws have been embodied in the culture and tradition, and may also accept other substrates, such as religious norms. The purpose of this paper is to show the reflections of the customary law of the Pashtuns and the Chechens on political, military and security issues. Keywords: customary law, pashtunwali, adat, cross-border cooperation, insurgency