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Key Features of Pre-Spanish Government by Angelica is a document available to read on EtoBox.
The basic unit of government during the Pre-Hispanic Period in the Philippines was the barangay, which referred to an ethnic group that migrated together under a datu or chieftain. The datu acted as the executive, legislator, chief justice, and commander-in-chief of the barangay. Laws were made by the datu with the council of elders and proclaimed to the people by town criers. Trials involved the datu as judge, elders as jury, and could include trial by ordeal or combat.
- Author
- Angelica
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- EN