Selective Judicial Competence : : The Cirebon-Priangan Legal Administration, 1680–1792 / / Mason C. Hoadley.

A major contribution to the understanding of Indonesian legal history. Hoadley shows how European colonialism skewed local legal institutions to serve colonial ends, and he discusses a fascinating series of cases that illustrate the evolution of this process.

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Place / Publishing House:Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2018]
©1994
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (185 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • Chapter 1. Colonialism, Procedural Law, and the Cirebon-Priangan Region
  • Section I. Preludes 1681–1706/08
  • Chapter 2. Javanese Legal Competence
  • Chapter 3. Court Performance to 1706
  • Section II. Dutch Take-Over 1706/08–1728
  • Chapter 4. A Cirebon-Priangan Legal System 1706–1708
  • Section IIA. Failure of Padu Legal Procedure 1706–1728
  • Chapter 5. Modification of Padu Legal Procedure 1706–1717
  • Chapter 6. Demise of Padu Procedure—the 1720s
  • Section IIB. Pradata/Criminal Justice
  • Chapter 7. Pradata Competence in “Criminal” Cases
  • Chapter 8. Pradata/Criminal Courts 1708–1728
  • Section III. Consolidation of the Legal System after 1728
  • Chapter 9. Alternatives to Padu Competence 1728–1750
  • Chapter 10. Triumph of the Executive Courts 1750–1792
  • Chapter 11. Institutional Change
  • Appendix I. Cirebon Royal House
  • Appendix II. Dutch Residents in Cirebon
  • Appendix III. Case Records
  • Appendix IV. Contracts, Edicts, Resolutions, Memorie, Special Reports, and Javanese Legal Texts
  • Sources Utilized
  • Glossar
  • Index