Editing Tuvalu (section)

===Legal system===
There are eight Island Courts and Lands Courts; appeals in relation to land disputes are made to the Lands Courts Appeal Panel. Appeals from the Island Courts and the Lands Courts Appeal Panel are made to the Magistrates Court, which has jurisdiction to hear civil cases involving up to [[Tuvaluan dollar|$T]]10,000. The superior court is the [[High Court of Tuvalu]] as it has unlimited original jurisdiction to determine the [[Law of Tuvalu]] and to hear appeals from the lower courts. Rulings of the High Court can be appealed to the [[Court of Appeal of Tuvalu]]. From the Court of Appeal, there is a right of appeal to His Majesty in Council, i.e., the [[Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council|Privy Council]] in London.<ref name="SPL">{{cite book |author1=Corrin-Care, Jennifer |author2=Newton, Tess |author3=Paterson, Don |name-list-style=amp |title=Introduction to South Pacific Law |year=1999 |publisher=Cavendish Publishing Ltd |location=London}}</ref><ref name="PACLIIct">{{cite web |work=Tuvalu Courts System Information |title=PACLII |url=http://www.paclii.org/tv/courts.html |access-date=10 March 2013 |archive-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114190230/http://www.paclii.org/tv/courts.html |url-status=live}}</ref>

With regard to the judiciary, "the first female Island Court magistrate was appointed to the Island Court in Nanumea in the 1980s and another in Nukulaelae in the early 1990s." There were 7 female magistrates in the Island Courts of Tuvalu (as of 2007) in comparison "to the past where only one woman magistrate served in the Magistrate Court of Tuvalu."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pacwip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Women-Place-Chapter-5-Tuvalu-2007.pdf |title=Advancing Women's Political Participation in Tuvalu: A Research Project Commissioned by the Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat (PIFS) |last1=Kofe |first1=Susie Saitala |last2=Taomia |first2=Fakavae |year=2007 |access-date=12 March 2018 |archive-date=12 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180312143857/https://www.pacwip.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Women-Place-Chapter-5-Tuvalu-2007.pdf |url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Law of Tuvalu]] comprises the Acts voted into law by the Parliament of Tuvalu and statutory instruments that become law; certain Acts passed by the Parliament of the United Kingdom (during the time Tuvalu was either a British protectorate or British colony); the [[common law]]; and [[customary law]] (particularly in relation to the ownership of land).<ref name="SPL"/><ref name="PACLIIct"/> The land tenure system is largely based on ''kaitasi'' (extended family ownership).<ref name="TvAIP2">{{cite web |title=Pacific Aviation Investment Program (PAIP) Environmental Management Plan – Funafuti International Airport(FUN) and Road Interim Working Document |publisher=AECOM |date=13 November 2013 |url=http://tvaip.com//docstation/com_docstation/8/tuvalu_emp_final_draft_rev_f.pdf |access-date=18 March 2016 |archive-date=25 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325114135/http://tvaip.com//docstation/com_docstation/8/tuvalu_emp_final_draft_rev_f.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref>