ADAT LAW IN MODERN INDONESIA

First edition, first printing. Publisher's original grey cloth boards with gilt titles to the spine, in the dustwrapper. A near fine copy, the binding tight and square, the cloth bright and fresh. The contents with a previous owner's name to the front endpaper and a little toning to the endpapers and pastedowns, are otherwise clean throughout. Complete with the lightly rubbed dustwrapper, that is faded to the spine and has a retailer's sticker to the rear panel.

A study of Adat after Indonesian independence, in which 'the structure and functions of Indonesian adat have undergone a complete metamorphosis' with the author suggesting 'a comprehensive redefinition of adat... to establish its status in and relevance to modern Indonesian Law' (front flap).