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Figure 1.1. Coexisting multiple legal systems.
Source. Meinzen-Dick and Pradhan 2002.16
The statutory, religious, project, and organizational institutions are also embedded in the same institutions as the local-level institutions.
Although these laws tend to interact and coexist, they do not have equal power status. Meinzen-Dick and Pradhan argue that the state law is usually more powerful, especially when it comes to state and local community relationships.17 However, this does not mean that statutory laws are the only relevant ones. Other types of laws may be viewed as relevant and more effective by local communities as well. Additionally, the different sets of laws may be applied at different places and times by different groups of people.18 The different types of laws have a different impact on different groups of people in a community.