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Family Law and Customary Law in Asia

A Contemporary Legal Perspective

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  • © 1968

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Editors:
  1. David C. Buxbaum

    1. University of Washington, Seattle, USA

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XLI
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  2. The Nature of Customary Law in Diverse Asian Societies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Customary Law and Modernization in Indonesia

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      Pages 3-16

    3. The Nature of Malay Customary Law

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      Pages 17-39

    4. Some Iban (Sea-Dayak) Customary Law in Sarawak

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      Pages 40-44

    5. Some Notes on Chinese Customary Marriage

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      Pages 45-49

    6. Some Notes on Indian Influence on Malay Customary Law

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      Pages 50-64

  3. Customary Law and the Formal Legal Institutions: Interaction and Conflict

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 65-65
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    2. The Effect of Anglo-Indian Legislation on Burmese Customary Law

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      Pages 67-88

    3. Some Main Features of Modernization of Ancient Family Law in Thailand

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      Pages 89-106

    4. Islam and Customary Law in the Malaysian Legal Context

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      Pages 107-145

    5. Chinese Family Law in a Common Law Setting

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      Pages 146-177

  4. Customary Law and the Family in Modernizing Society

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 179-179
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    2. Malay Customary Law and the Family

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      Pages 181-201

    3. Codification of Hindu Law

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      Pages 202-233

    4. Customary Law in Village India

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      Pages 234-251

    5. The Widow’s Statute in Vietnamese Customary Law

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      Pages 252-261

    6. Customary Law in Pakistan

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      Pages 262-268

  5. Back Matter

    Pages 269-288
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Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Washington, Seattle, USA

    David C. Buxbaum

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Family Law and Customary Law in Asia

  • Book Subtitle: A Contemporary Legal Perspective

  • Editors: David C. Buxbaum

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6216-8

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1968

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-5794-2Published: 01 January 1967

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-6216-8Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XLI, 288

  • Topics: Civil Procedure Law

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