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Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation

Title
Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann.
Author
Benda-Beckmann, Franz von.
Publication
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.

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Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von.
Description
xxiii, 499 pages; 24 cm.
Series Statement
Cambridge studies in law and society
Uniform Title
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references 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.
Call Number
JFE 13-7463
ISBN
  • 9781107038592 (hardback : alk. paper)
  • 1107038596 (hardback : alk. paper)
LCCN
2013000439
OCLC
830205576
Author
Benda-Beckmann, Franz von.
Title
Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity : the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation / Franz von Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von Benda-Beckmann.
Publisher
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Cambridge studies in law and society
Cambridge studies in law and society.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Added Author
Benda-Beckmann, Keebet von.
Research Call Number
JFE 13-7463
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