Van vollenhoven on Indonesian adat law / / edited by J. F. Holleman ; with an introduction by H. W. J. Sonius.
The introduction to this English translation of a selection from Van Vollenhoven's study of indigenous Indonesian law outlines the historical significance of his work, showing its background in the complex administrative and legal system of the Dutch East Indies, the trends in Dutch colonial le...
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| Superior document: | Verhandelingen Van Het Koninklijk Instituut Voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Dordrecht : : Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V.,, 1981. |
| Year of Publication: | 1981 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. 1981. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde.
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (LXVII, 307 p. 2 illus.) |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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| Summary: | The introduction to this English translation of a selection from Van Vollenhoven's study of indigenous Indonesian law outlines the historical significance of his work, showing its background in the complex administrative and legal system of the Dutch East Indies, the trends in Dutch colonial legal and economic policy, and the development of adat law scholarship from the early 1900s onwards. The chapters chosen concentrate almost entirely on the adat law of some of the indigenous peoples of Indonesia. |
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| ISBN: | 9004649700 9401758786 |
| Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
| Statement of Responsibility: | edited by J. F. Holleman ; with an introduction by H. W. J. Sonius. |