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The regulations practiced by the Hmong people are similar to the common Law of England but are different in some aspects because the Hmong people believe in spirituality. Hmong people do not have a written language, and they follow their traditions and the cultures closely. Hmong people have the head leader but do not stay in the same area as the villagers. In each of the Hmong village, there is a villager chief. The villagers enjoy freedom and practice democracy in the village. |
| They have a say in decision making and the men have the right to vote, whereas the women and children can attend these sessions and give their suggestions in the meeting but are not entitled to vote. The reasoning behind this is that the Hmong women are supposed to follow the wishes of their husbands. As for the children, they are not measured by their age but from the maturity and their capability to work, which are determined by the fellow villagers. Nowadays, the Hmong people use this rule especially on the more trivial problems but in other more serious cases, they will use the country’s laws. |
| Villager leader. In the past, the leader of each village is a chief. The people in the village vote for the person whom they think can be the leader and there will be 2 assistances. The chiefs can remain in their post and will only be changed in the event of the death of the chief, resignation, relocation or when the people in the village vote for the chief to step down. The responsibility of the chief is to bridge contact with the people outside the village, to preserve the unique traditions and cultures of the Hmong village, to mediate when the villagers have problems with each other, and to make decisions to relocate the village. The elders form a village advisory committee, and will have a say in the decisions made by the chief because they have the authority. |
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The Assembly. When the village would like to have a new rule or regulation, they organize a meeting. The rule or the regulation must not contradict the old traditions. The voting system is similar to that of the election where one man is entitled to one vote. The villager leader is the chairman. In the case where the numbers of votes are equal for both sides, the chairman will make the decision whether to pass the new rule or not. When the villagers have to elect the villager leader, they will choose one of the elders in the village to be the chairman. |
The Justice. In the past, whenever a conflict occurred in the village, Hmong people did not allow the Thai authority to get involved. The village’s justice process has 2 categories. 1. In the case of conflicts in the family, the villager leader will not get involved because it is the problem within the family and will be solved by the family themselves. 2. The central committee will make judgment and make decisions when a conflict arises between families. There are 2 ways to appoint the committee. 2.1. The villager leader to appoint a judge with the agreement from the parties involved in the conflict. However the people directly related to the parties cannot be the judge. 2.2. In the case where a consensus cannot be reached with regards to the appointment of a judge, a committee of 6 to 10 members will be appointed instead, which again will consist of people unrelated to the parties involved. The village leader will be the chairman of the committee and the committee makes a decision by voting. If a decision cannot be reached by voting, the chairman will make the decision based on his judgment. The party that is in the wrong will then be punished according to the Hmong’s traditions. If it is a new case, the committee will decide on the punishment which will then be followed from then on. |
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The Political group In the past, the Hmong people have to respect the wishes of the majority. They didn’t use the ideology for the entire member but use the ancestry so if they have big families mean they are a majority to work every thing but have some group they come together and be a big group. If there is an election in the village, the entire ancestry will choose the person to apply. Now Hmong people have a little change because who will be the village leader must have the skill and can communicate the outside. |
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