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Author Noor Aisha Abdul Rahman.

Title Colonial image of Malay Adat laws : a critical appraisal of studies on Adat laws in the Malay Peninsula during the colonial era and some continuities / by Noor Aisha Abdul Rahman
Published Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2006

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Description 1 online resource (151 pages)
Series Social sciences in Asia ; v. 6
Social sciences in Asia ; v. 6. 1567-2794
Contents Cover -- Contents -- INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER ONE COLONIAL PERCEPTIONS OF MALAY ADAT LAWS -- CHAPTER TWO PROBLEMS CONCERNING THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF MALAY ADAT LAWS -- CHAPTER THREE ISLAM AND ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH MALAY ADAT LAWS -- CHAPTER FOUR ADAT LAND AND INHERITANCE LAWS -- CHAPTER FIVE MALAY RULERS AND MALAY ADAT LAWS -- CONCLUSION -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary This book is a study of conceptions of Malay Adat laws by several prominent colonial writers and some continuities, whose works are generally acknowledged and long regarded as pioneering and authoritative expositions of the subject. Some of the central problems explored in this study are as follows: How are Malay Adat laws understood and portrayed by the authors? What are some of the problems raised and possible factors which influence their selection? What are the unquestioned assumptions and sources which condition their perceptions? To what extent can their ideas be considered as accurate portrayals of adat law and what implications do they have not only on the image of the laws but Malay society and culture generally? By addressing these problems, this book hopes to contribute to a more accurate and balanced understanding of Malay laws
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-150) and index
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Subject Adat law -- Malaysia -- History
Islamic law -- Malaysia -- History
LAW -- Customary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Comparative.
Adat law
Islamic law
Adatrecht.
Rechtsgeschiedenis (wetenschap)
Malaysia
Genre/Form Computer network resources
History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9047409256
9789047409250
9004150560
9789004150560
1281398586
9781281398581