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Selective Judicial Competence: The Cirebon-Priangan Legal Administration, 1680–1792

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Mason C. Hoadley
2018
Published by: Cornell University Press
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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.

Table of Contents

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Cover

Title Page, Copyright, Dedication

pp. i-vi

Contents

pp. vii-x

Preface

pp. xi-xii

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

pp. 1-8

Section I. Preludes 1681–1706/08

pp. 9-10

Chapter 2. Javanese Legal Competence

pp. 11-24

Chapter 3. Court Performance to 1706

pp. 25-36

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

pp. 37-38

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

pp. 39-48

Section IIA. Failure of Padu Legal Procedure 1706–1728

pp. 49-50

Chapter 5. Modification of Padu Legal Procedure 1706–1717

pp. 51-64

Chapter 6. Demise of Padu Procedure—the 1720s

pp. 65-74

Section IIB. Pradata/Criminal Justice

pp. 75-76

Chapter 7. Pradata Competence in “Criminal” Cases

pp. 77-94

Chapter 8. Pradata/Criminal Courts 1708–1728

pp. 95-110

Section III. Consolidation of the Legal System after 1728

pp. 111-112

Chapter 9. Alternatives to Padu Competence 1728–1750

pp. 113-126

Chapter 10. Triumph of the Executive Courts 1750–1792

pp. 127-142

Chapter 11. Institutional Change

pp. 143-148

Appendix I. Cirebon Royal House

pp. 149-150

Appendix II. Dutch Residents in Cirebon

pp. 151-152

Appendix III. Case Records

pp. 153-160

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

pp. 161-164

Sources Utilized

pp. 165-168

Glossary

pp. 169-170

Index

pp. 171-173
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