Download or read book Van Vollenhoven on Indonesian Adat Law written by Cornelis van Vollenhoven and published by Springer. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The introduction to this English translation of a selection from Van Vollenhoven's study of indigenous Indonesian law outlines the historical significance of his work, showing its background in the complex administrative and legal system of the Dutch East Indies, the trends in Dutch colonial legal and economic policy, and the development of adat law scholarship from the early 1900s onwards. The chapters chosen concentrate almost entirely on the adat law of some of the indigenous peoples of Indonesia.