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Books by Franz von Benda-Beckmann

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  • - Continuity and Change in the Maintenance of Property Relationships Through Time in Minangkabau, West Sumatra
    by Franz von Benda-Beckmann
    £47.99

    In many societies, and particularly in those generally studied by anthropologists, inherit ance and succession are closely interconnected with kinship and descent and provide the economic and political substance for the existence and continuity of kinship- or descent-based social groups.

  • - The Nagari from Colonisation to Decentralisation
    by Franz von Benda-Beckmann & Keebet von Benda-Beckmann
    £46.49 - 84.99

    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.

  • - Expanding Legal Relations in a Contracting World
    by Franz von Benda-Beckmann & Keebet von Benda-Beckmann
    £50.99

    Demonstrating how users of law, who often operate in multi-sited situations, are forced to deal with increasingly complex legal circumstances, this volume focuses on political and social processes through which people appropriate, use and create legal forms in mulitiple legal settings.

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