ISBN:
9781107038592
Language:
English
Pages:
XXIII, 499 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
,
23 cm
Edition:
1. publ.
Series Statement:
Cambridge studies in law and society
DDC:
323.1199/2244
Keywords:
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) Politics and government
;
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) Legal status, laws, etc
;
Minangkabau (Indonesian people) History
;
Indonesia Politics and government 20th century
;
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)
;
Politics and government
;
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)
;
Legal status, laws, etc
;
Minangkabau (Indonesian people)
;
History
;
Indonesia
;
Politics and government
;
20th century
;
Minangkabau
;
Gewohnheitsrecht
;
Matrilinearität
;
Wandelung
;
Geschichte
Description / Table of Contents:
Towards an anthropological understanding of political and legal changeThe 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.
Description / Table of 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.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
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