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The Logic of the Laws = A Structural Analysis of Malay Language Legal Codes from Bengkulu

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This study is directed towards providing basic background material for the understanding of South Sumatran social organisation. To this end, four legal codes from the first half of the nineteenth century are presented and analysed. The method used in the analysis is a modification of that used by Levi-Strauss for the analysis of myth. The author concludes by stating: "Out of these detailed analyses the most significant phenomenon to emerge is the fact that a relatively small number of formal properties are distributed through a large number of structures within a single legal code, and because of their formal similarities these structures are mutually reinforcing".

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Verhandelingen van het Koninklijk Instituut voor Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde

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: Brill., 1975

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316 hlm,: ill, lamp; 21 cm

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English

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9789004287068

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online resource

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Anthropology

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David S. Moyer

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https://brill.com/display/title/23616

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