Prof. Singer joined the University of Alabama Law School in 1971 and in 1975 received the SJD from Harvard, with an anthropological / legal dissertation on traditional legal systems in Ethiopia. (prawfsblawg.blogs.com)
I recently heard a respected lawyer comment that if the legal profession allows disputes to be resolved outside of traditional legal systems, then we can not ensure that proper attention will be paid to basic legal principles of fairness, justice and the rule of law. (slaw.ca)
I just don't feel you can have a quasi-legal system operating alongside our own historic and traditional legal system, particularly one which discriminates against women and is causing many women real suffering. (faith.org.uk)