Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity
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Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity

The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation

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Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity

The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation

About this book

Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity is a long-term study of the historical transformations of the Minangkabau polity of nagari, property relations and the ever-changing dynamic relationships between Minangkabau matrilineal adat law, Islamic law and state law. While the focus is on the period since the fall of President Suharto in 1998, the book charts a long history of political and legal transformations before and after Indonesia's independence, in which the continuities are as notable as the changes. It also throws light on the transnational processes through which legal and political ideas spread and acquire new meanings. The multi-temporal historical approach adopted is also relevant to the more general discussions of the relationship between anthropology and history, the creation of customary law, identity construction, and the anthropology of colonialism.

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Yes, you can access Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity by Franz von Benda-Beckmann,Keebet von Benda-Beckmann in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Law & Law Theory & Practice. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9781107038592
eBook ISBN
9781107440012
Topic
Law
Subtopic
Law Theory & Practice
Index
Law

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity
  3. Series
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Contents
  7. Figures
  8. Maps
  9. Genealogies
  10. Acknowledgements
  11. Notes on spelling and translations
  12. Abbreviations
  13. Chapter 1 Towards an anthropological understanding of political and legal change
  14. Chapter 2 The pre-colonial nagari
  15. Chapter 3 Minangkabau under colonial government
  16. Chapter 4 Japanese occupation, independence and post-colonial transformation until 1983
  17. Chapter 5 Centralised government at its zenith
  18. Chapter 6 Reformasi: constitutional reforms and regional autonomy
  19. Chapter 7 Creating new nagari structures
  20. Chapter 8 The return to the nagari: smooth transitions
  21. Chapter 9 Uneasy transformations
  22. Chapter 10 Governing the village
  23. Chapter 11 New dynamics in property rights
  24. Chapter 12 Never-ending disputes
  25. Chapter 13 Property law reconstituted – uncertainty perpetuated
  26. Chapter 14 Old issues revisited: adat, Islam, and Minangkabau identity politics
  27. Chapter 15 Decentralisation, the transformation of the nagari and the dynamics of legal pluralism:
  28. Glossary
  29. References
  30. Index
  31. Series