The law in the kingdom of Druk yul is said to have begun from 'Mangpukurwai gyep' (leader respected by all). Hundreds of year before in a typical village in Bhutan, people were said to be devoid of selfishness and hatred as 'Mamenpai lotho' (crop which grew without being cultivated) grew spontaneously, People in that village never thought of ownership of that crop as they didn’t have to put hardship. One fine day a cunning man started thinking of the future. He wanted to protect and preserve it for the future and began fencing the crop which aroused awareness to other people. Now every one followed him and began owning the crop resulting to big chaos in that village. Meanwhile there emerged a wise man who analyzed to solve the problem. He began equitable distribution of the crop with justice. People of that village considered him as messenger of god as he solved their entire problem thereby respecting him. From him emerged a law called ‘Mangpu kurwai thrim’ for thev first time in the kingdom of Bhutan.
Bhutanese legal system came into good shape after codifications of laws by Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyel with sixteen virtuous deeds and ten pious acts as the main basis of it.tenthrim nga, kadrey chenmo drug and chayigchenmo has been enacted. With the benevolent rule of Monarchs, Bhutanese legal system got further purified. Especial credit goes to 3rd monarch, widely known as Himalayan revolutionary with documentation of Thrimzhungchenmo. So far so good we have around 141 acts enacted as per the need of changing times.
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