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276 Pages
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Routledge
276 Pages
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Routledge
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The author's investigation of early-modern Javanese law reveals that judicial authority does not come from the contents of legal titles or juridical texts, but from legal maxims and variations thereof. A century and a half ago Simon Keyzer, a recognized scholar of Javanese law, noted that understanding of that law is dependent upon a grasp of such pithy expressions, which provide the key to the... Read more
PREFACE, INTRODUCTION, Section I: Law, Sloka, and Sources, 1. Traditional Law: Sloka in Pepakem, 2. Sloka in Javanese Titles, Section II: Sloka Phenomena in Vignettes, 3: Sloka, 4. Aksara, 5. Sinalokan, 6. Prakara, 7. Vignettes and 'Practice', Section III: Character, Apparent Demise, Revival, 8. Character, 9. Context, Section IV: End Material, Appendix I. Problematic Pepakem Tjerbon, Appendix II: Classic Sloka, Appendix III. Titles 'Left Out', Appendix IV. Diverse Components, GLOSSARY, SOURCES CONSULTED, INDEX
Biography
Mason C. Hoadley, professor emeritus, Lund University, Sweden, has published monographs on law as The Cirebon-Priangan Legal Administration, 1680-1792, (1994) and Islam dalam Tradisi Hukum Java & Hukum Kolonial (2009), and a number of conference reports, articles, and short papers.
