Moritz Koenig
Biographic Data
| ID | 3650726 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Moritz Koenig |
| GIVEN NAMES | Moritz |
| FAMILY NAME | Koenig |
| SIGNATURE | KOENIG M |
| AFFILIATIONS | International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) The Hague The Netherlands |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-4822-7517 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Legal Subjectivity in Colonial Minangkabau
This article discusses the transformation of West Sumatran (Minangkabau) subjectivity-making through legal discourses in the late colonial period. Emphasis is put on the role of Minangkabau elites who adopted such legal discourses from Dutch colonial ethnographers, allowing them to position themselves as mediators between their Sumatran peers and the colonial government and to negotiate themselves towards political power. I argue that legal subje…
An Archaeology of Land Tenure in Colonial Minangkabau
Turkey, the Hague Academy and International Law in the Interwar Period
The Indisch Tijdschrift van het Recht, 1915-1947
This article discusses the structure and argumentative style of the Indisch Tijdschrift van het Recht (hereafter ITR or Tijdschrift) (1915-1947), one of the primary sources for scholarly investigations of late colonial law in the Dutch East Indies. I argue that a 'reading along the grain' and problematization of its peculiar types of knowledge-making can help give texture to academic analyses of colonial law. This article zooms in on the structur…
Colonial Legality in Sumatra
The literature on the law of the colonial archipelago and the Malay-speaking world more broadly, has recently shown that colonial law was a highly fragile system, that was co-constructed by colonisers and colonised elites, and litigants. It has been convincingly argued that a variety of actors inside and outside colonial courts as well as multiple political discourses, contributed to the making of colonial legality in Java and the Straits Settlem…
The Indisch Tijdschrift van het Recht, 1915-1947
This article discusses the structure and argumentative style of the Indisch Tijdschrift van het Recht (hereafter ITR or Tijdschrift) (1915-1947), one of the primary sources for scholarly investigations of late colonial law in the Dutch East Indies. I argue that a 'reading along the grain' and problematization of its peculiar types of knowledge-making can help give texture to academic analyses of colonial law. This article zooms in on the structur…
Colonial Legality in Sumatra
The literature on the law of the colonial archipelago and the Malay-speaking world more broadly, has recently shown that colonial law was a highly fragile system, that was co-constructed by colonisers and colonised elites, and litigants. It has been convincingly argued that a variety of actors inside and outside colonial courts as well as multiple political discourses, contributed to the making of colonial legality in Java and the Straits Settlem…
Turkey, the Hague Academy and International Law in the Interwar Period
The Indisch Tijdschrift van het Recht, 1915-1947
This article discusses the structure and argumentative style of the Indisch Tijdschrift van het Recht (hereafter ITR or Tijdschrift) (1915-1947), one of the primary sources for scholarly investigations of late colonial law in the Dutch East Indies. I argue that a 'reading along the grain' and problematization of its peculiar types of knowledge-making can help give texture to academic analyses of colonial law. This article zooms in on the structur…
An Archaeology of Land Tenure in Colonial Minangkabau
Legal Subjectivity in Colonial Minangkabau
This article discusses the transformation of West Sumatran (Minangkabau) subjectivity-making through legal discourses in the late colonial period. Emphasis is put on the role of Minangkabau elites who adopted such legal discourses from Dutch colonial ethnographers, allowing them to position themselves as mediators between their Sumatran peers and the colonial government and to negotiate themselves towards political power. I argue that legal subje…
Asian Studies and History (3 works) · Colonialism (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Colonialism, slavery, and trade (2 works) · History (2 works) · History (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Aesthetics (1 work)