TY - BOOK AU - Benda-Beckmann,Franz von AU - Benda-Beckmann,Keebet von TI - Political and legal transformations of an Indonesian polity: the Nagari from colonisation to decentralisation T2 - Cambridge studies in law and society SN - 9781107416925 AV - DS632 .P655 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - Cambridge, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - Minangkabau (Indonesian people) KW - Politics and government KW - Legal status, laws, etc KW - History KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; 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; 2; b UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=622072&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -