The Javanese way of law : early modern Sloka phenomena / Mason C. Hoadley.

The author's investigation of early-modern Javanese law reveals that judicial authority does not come from the contents of legal titles or juridical texts, but from legal maxims and variations thereof. A century and a half ago Simon Keyzer, a recognized scholar of Javanese law, noted that under...

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Main Author: Hoadley, Mason C. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2019.
Series:Asian history.
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Online Access:https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/9789048541898/type/BOOK
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