Selective Judicial Competence : The Cirebon-Priangan Legal Administration, 1680-1792 / Mason C. Hoadley.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hoadley, Mason C., author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nederlandsche Oost-Indische Compagnie.

Judicial power--Indonesia--Java--History.

Judicial power.

Courts--Indonesia--Java--History.

Courts.

Law--Indonesia--Java--History.

Law.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (ix, 173 pages)

Place of Publication:

Ithaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2018]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

A major contribution to the understanding of Indonesian legal history. Hoadley shows how European colonialism skewed local legal institutions to serve colonial ends, and he discusses a fascinating series of cases that illustrate the evolution of this process.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

Chapter 1. Colonialism, Procedural Law, and the Cirebon-Priangan Region

Section I. Preludes 1681-1706/08

Chapter 2. Javanese Legal Competence

Chapter 3. Court Performance to 1706

Section II. Dutch Take-Over 1706/08-1728

Chapter 4. A Cirebon-Priangan Legal System 1706-1708

Section IIA. Failure of Padu Legal Procedure 1706-1728

Chapter 5. Modification of Padu Legal Procedure 1706-1717

Chapter 6. Demise of Padu Procedure-the 1720s

Section IIB. Pradata/Criminal Justice

Chapter 7. Pradata Competence in "Criminal" Cases

Chapter 8. Pradata/Criminal Courts 1708-1728

Section III. Consolidation of the Legal System after 1728

Chapter 9. Alternatives to Padu Competence 1728-1750

Chapter 10. Triumph of the Executive Courts 1750-1792

Chapter 11. Institutional Change

Appendix I. Cirebon Royal House

Appendix II. Dutch Residents in Cirebon

Appendix III. Case Records

Appendix IV. Contracts, Edicts, Resolutions, Memorie, Special Reports, and Javanese Legal Texts

Sources Utilized

Glossar

Index

Notes:

Revision of the author's thesis (Cornell University, 1975).

Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-168) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 20. Sep 2019)

ISBN:

1-5017-1926-2

OCLC:

1080551682