Customary Law, Legal Consciousness and Local Agency. From Sumatra to Beauvais circa 1100 and back
In this paper I compare two field studies of customary law in action. Minangkabau in Western Sumatra is home to the largest population with matrilineal property transmission rights in the world. I show how customary law, the so-called »adat«, has been an essential part of the...
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Max Planck Institute for Legal History and Legal Theory
2016-01-01
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| Series: | Rechtsgeschichte - Legal History |
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| Online Access: | http://data.rg.mpg.de/rechtsgeschichte/rg24_266miramon.pdf |