Description |
1 online resource (xxiii, 499 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
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text file |
Series |
Cambridge studies in law and society
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Cambridge studies in law and society.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 457-490) and index. |
Contents |
Towards an anthropological understanding of political and legal change -- The pre-colonial nagari -- Minangkabau under colonial government -- Japanese occupation, independence and post-colonial transformation until 1983 -- Centralised government at its zenith -- Reformasi: constitutional reforms and regional autonomy -- Creating new nagari structures -- The return to the nagari: smooth transitions -- Uneasy transformations -- Governing the village -- New dynamics in property rights -- Never ending disputes -- Property law reconstituted, uncertainty perpetuated -- Old issues revisited: Adat, Islam and Minangkabau identity politics -- Decentralisation, the transformation of the nagari and the dynamics of legal pluralism: some conclusions. |
Summary |
Explores the relationships between matrilineal, Islamic and state law and investigates the dynamics of legal pluralism, governance and property relationships. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Politics and government.
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Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Politics and government. |
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Minangkabau (Indonesian people) |
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Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- Legal status, laws, etc. |
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Minangkabau (Indonesian people) -- History.
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History. |
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Indonesia -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
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Indonesia. |
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Politics and government. |
Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Added Author |
Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Benda-Beckmann, Franz von. Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity 9781107038592 (DLC) 2013000439 (OCoLC)830205576 |
ISBN |
9781107416925 (electronic book) |
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1107416922 (electronic book) |
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9781139839082 (electronic book) |
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113983908X (electronic book) |
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9781107419568 |
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1107419565 |
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9781107038592 |
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1107038596 |
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