Family Law and Customary Law in Asia

A Contemporary Legal Perspective

  • David C. Buxbaum
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Table of contents

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

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      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

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      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

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      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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About this book

Keywords

Asia family family law

Editors and affiliations

  • David C. Buxbaum
    • 1
  1. 1.University of WashingtonSeattleUSA

Bibliographic information

  • DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-6216-8
  • Copyright Information Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 1968
  • Publisher Name Springer, Dordrecht
  • eBook Packages Springer Book Archive
  • Print ISBN 978-94-017-5794-2
  • Online ISBN 978-94-017-6216-8
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