| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 214 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
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| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Series |
Exploring Muslim contexts
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Exploring Muslim contexts.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Unpacking legal pluralism -- Shifting legal orders -- Competing jurisdictions -- Unequal legal options -- Contested lawmaking -- Disputed land ownership -- Orphaned grandchildren -- Insurance benefits -- Triple divorce -- Conclusion. |
| Summary |
Indonesia has probably the fastest changing legal system in the Muslim world. This ethnographic account of legal pluralism in the post-conflict and disaster situation in Aceh addresses changes in both the national legal system and the regional legal structure in the province. Focusing on the encounter between diverse patterns of legal reasoning advocated by multiple actors and by different institutions (local, national and international; official and unofficial; judicial, political and social cultural) it considers the vast array of issues arising in the wake of the December 2004 earthquake an. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Islamic law -- Indonesia.
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Islamic law. |
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Indonesia. |
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Legal polycentricity -- Indonesia.
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Legal polycentricity. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Salim, Arskal. Contemporary Islamic law in Indonesia 9780748693337 (DLC) 2012953117 (OCoLC)905529492 |
| ISBN |
9780748693481 (electronic book) |
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0748693483 (electronic book) |
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9781474403429 |
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1474403425 |
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9780748693337 |
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0748693335 |
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