State legal institutions and amicable settlement in the rural Philippines

A thorough investigation of personal disputes filed with the Batangas' Municipal Courts and Court of First Instance illustrated how and where the Philippine state legal institutions fit into the broader patterns of dispute-processing in rural Philippines. The examination revealed the low relian...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Philippine Journal of Public Administration Vol. XXIV, no. 1 (Jan. 1980), 47-67
Main Author: Machado, Kit G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 1980
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