Which of the following is NOT an effect of the codification of Tongan law in the mid-nineteenth century?
a. It solidified the state's power and men's authority over women.
b. It enhanced the economic power of chiefly families at the expense of non-chiefly families.
c. It buffered chiefs and the king from contact with ordinary people and their demands.
d. It upheld the traditional right of fahu, resulting in the independence of women from their husbands.
d
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