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Dari mano titiek palito Dibaliek telong nan batali Dari mano asa niniek kito Dari ateh gunueng Marapi
From where did the candle drip? Behind the lantern on a cord. From where did our ancestors originate? From the top of Mount Merapi.
VERHANDELINGEN VAN HET KONINKLIJK INSTITUUT VOOR TAAL-, LAND- EN VOLKENKUNDE
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FRANZ VON BENDA-BECKMANN
PROPERTY IN SOCIAL CONTINUITY CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN' THE MAINTENANCE OF PROPERTY RELATIONSHIPS THROUGH TIME IN MINANGKABAU, WEST SUMATRA
Springer-Science+Business Media, B.V. 1979
ISBN 978-94-017-2802-7 DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-2800-3
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ISBN 978-94-017-2800-3 (eBook)
Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1979
Originally published by Martinus NijhoffPublishers in 1979
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CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
XIII
A NOTE ON OR1HOGRAPHY ABBREVIATIONS
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INTRODUCTION rnAPTER ONE: BASIC ASSUMPTIONS AND HYP01HESES A. The Analytical Frame of Reference: Social Ftmctions
13 13
B. Social Organization: The Restriction of Society's Members' Autonomy
18
C. Law
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I. The Terminological Problem II. The Concept of Law Used in This Study
25 28
1. The Specification of the Concept
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2. The Manifestations of Law
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D. The Social Ftmction of Property and Inheritance
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I. Property: Domain, Object, and Relationship
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II. Inheritance: Non-Reciprocal Diachronic Transfers
45
rnAPTER 1WO: SOCio-POLITICAL ORGANIZATION IN MINANGKABAU A. Introduction B. Group Formation and Inter-Group Relationships
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I. The Constituent Groups 1. The Buah Gadcrng and Its Internal Structure
61 62
2. Subdivision and Cleavage of Buah Gadang
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II. Other Groups 1. The Jurai
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2. The Rumah
70
3. The Kampuang
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4. The Pariuak
71
III. Group Formation on More Inclusive Levels and the System of Inter-Group Relationships
72
IV. The Territorial Divisions of the Nagari 1. The Adat Divisions of CKL
79 79
2. The Buek Division
79
3. The Sidang System 4. The Jorong Division
80 81 81 81 82 82 83
C. The Allocation of Authority I. The Basic Principles of Authority in Minangkabau II. Authority Vested in Social Positions 1. Group Leadership 2. Authority Vested in Females 3. Authority Vested in the Father III. Authority Vested in Offices 1 • The Offices of the Buah Gadang 2. The Offices
