The plural legacies of legal pluralism: local practices and contestations of customary law in late colonial Indonesia

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This article examines colonial interpretations of customary law, highlighting indigenous contestations and implications.

Legal pluralism emerged from interactions between colonial and indigenous interpretations of law, creating conflict.
The article specifically highlights how 19th and early 20th-century colonial knowledge influenced indigenous legal practices.
Analysis of colonial legal frameworks reveals deviations from intended legal concepts due to local practices and responses at the time frame of the Dutch colonial rule in 1800s-1900s in Indonesia. The interactions generated multifaceted interpretations of customary law, suggesting tensions within colonial legal systems.

Maarten Manse (2024) studied this question.

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