Law Somalis




the guurti (court) within xeer customary law traditionally formed beneath acacia tree.


somalis centuries have practiced form of customary law, call xeer. xeer polycentric legal system there no monopolistic agent determines law should or how should interpreted. assumed have developed exclusively in horn of africa since approximately 7th century. given dearth of loan words foreign languages within xeer s nomenclature, customary law appears have evolved in situ.


xeer defined few fundamental tenets immutable , closely approximate principle of jus cogens in international law: payment of blood money (locally referred diya or mag), assuring inter-clan relations treating women justly, negotiating peace emissaries in faith, , sparing lives of socially protected groups (e.g. children, women, pious, poets , guests), family obligations such payment of dowry, , sanctions eloping, rules pertaining management of resources such use of pasture land, water, , other natural resources, providing financial support married female relatives , newlyweds, donating livestock , other assets poor. xeer legal system requires amount of specialization of different functions within legal framework. thus, 1 can find odayal (judges), xeer boggeyaal (jurists), guurtiyaal (detectives), garxajiyaal (attorneys), murkhaatiyal (witnesses) , waranle (police officers) enforce law.








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