Property in social continuity [electronic resource] : continuity and change in the maintenance of property relationships through time in Minangkabau, West Sumatra / Franz von Benda-Beckmann.
Learn the laws of inheritance and teach them to the people; for they are one half of useful knowledge. t·1ohannned (Fyzee 1955: 329) When the prophet created this aphorism he had in mind the rules of in heritance law revealed to him by Allah. We could apply it to social an thropology as well sinceth...
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The Hague :
Martinus Nijhoff,
1979.
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| Series: | Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde ;
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Table of Contents:
- One: Basic Assumptions and Hypotheses
- Two: Socio-Political Organization in Minangkabau
- Three: The Pluralistic Situation
- Four: The Level of Meaning: Systems of Property Relationships in Minangkabau
- Five: The Level of Performance I: The Fulfilment of the Function
- Six: The Level of Performance II: The Production of Legal Conceptions in Historical Perspective
- Seven: Conclusions
- Notes.