Looking at Micronesia for Insights about the Nature of Law and Legal Thinking

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Journal Article Looking at Micronesia for Insights About the Nature of Law and Legal Thinking Get access Brian Z. Tamanaha Brian Z. Tamanaha 1Brian Z. Tamanaha is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Amsterdam. This article is a modified version of an excerpt of Chapter II in my book, entitled Understanding Law in Micronesia: An Interpretive Approach to Transplanted Law (1993). I would ike to thank Brill Publishers for their permission in allowing the use of this excerpt. I would also like to thank Elizabeth van Schilfgaarde for her critical comments on earlier drafts of this piece. Many of the observations in this piece are based upon my experience in 1986-1988 as an Assistant Attorney General for Yap State, and my later return to work at the 1990 Micronesian Constitutional Convention. 9 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The American Journal of Comparative Law, Volume 41, Issue 1, Winter 1993, Pages 9–48, https://doi.org/10.2307/840505 Published: 01 January 1993