摘要：The people of the Federated States of Micronesia ("FSM") have modeled their Constitution upon that of the United States, the metropolitan government which oversaw their evolution from wardship to self-government and membership in the United Nations ("U.N."). As is typical of the new Pacific Island nations established in the second half of the twentieth century, however, the FSM is striving to assure that its legal system also respects and incorporates the values and traditions around which the lives of the people have always revolved
