Politics and Dispute-Processing in the Rural Philippines
1979; University of British Columbia; Volume: 52; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/2757425
ISSN1715-3379
Autores Tópico(s)Philippine History and Culture
ResumopERSONAL DISPUTES among Filipinos are most frequently processed' through amicable settlement. 2 In the Philippines, as in all states, the majority of personal disputes are not too serious and are processed informally. Resort to amicable settlement is also common in grave and violent disputes, including ones that have entered the formal legal system and become civil or criminal cases. Most explanations of preference for informal means of dispute-processing in ex-colonial, Third World states stress cultural and social characteristics incompatible with the norms underlying legal institutions introduced by Western imperial powers and/or attributes of disputes and disputants.3 Such factors are important in understanding the
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