Political and Legal Transformations of an Indonesian Polity

The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation

Keebet von Benda-Beckmann author Franz von Benda-Beckmann author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Published:15th Dec '16

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This book explores the relationships between matrilineal, Islamic and state law, and investigates the dynamics of legal pluralism, governance and property relationships.

This long-term study of the transformation of the Minangkabau polity of nagari from early colonisation to democratic decentralisation explores the dynamic relationships between Minangkabau matrilineal adat law, Islamic law and state law, and provides important insights for students of legal pluralism, law and religion, legal engineering and decentralisation.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.

ISBN: 9781316618530

Dimensions: 230mm x 152mm x 27mm

Weight: 750g

528 pages