Sudan

Local elders or the chiefs exercise administrative control and handle land disputes. Individuals with complaints over land issues are expected to take their complaints to them (15).
Within the country, local and regional religious courts handle family matters and are staffed with customary authorities. These courts constitute an integral part of the judiciary system; they have existed alongside civil courts – British courts – since independence in 1956 (18).

Fuentes: los números entre paréntesis (*) se refieren a las fuentes que están en la sección de Bibliografía