Legal pluralism and land administration in West Sumatra
The implementation of the regulations of both local and nagari governments on communal land tenure
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14799951 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hilaire Tegnan (0000-0002-8884-1968, Andalas University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 47 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 312-323 |
| Publication date | 2015-05-04 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0732-9113 • E-ISSN: 2305-9931 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/07329113.2015.1072386 |
| OpenAlex | W2262819770 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 9 |
Land administration has always been a delicate issue in the history of nations, and Indonesia, a country where a significant number of the population lives a pastoral life, is not exempt from this reality. This paper discusses land tenure issues in West Sumatra, an Indonesian province which is home to the Minangkabau people with their long existing village management system known as Nagari, established to settle disputes based on adat (custom) principles, as well as to protect the rights of the community members. These rights include communal land (referred to as tanah ulayat hereafter). Long before the Dutch occupation of Indonesian archipelago, the nagari government was vested with powers to regulate communal land in West Sumatra. However, this authority was constantly overlooked by the then Dutch colonial administration as well as the post-independence governments (both central and regional). To reinforce the nagari government as the guardian of the customary law (hukum adat) and to specify its jurisdiction, the Regional Government of West Sumatra enacted two laws between 2000 and 2008: Law No. 9/2000 repealed by Law No. 2/2007 and Law No. 6/2008 on communal land tenure. Although these two laws provide legal grounds to address land issues across the region, land conflicts still prevail in West Sumatra due to negligence of customary law, unkept promises as well as unsynchronized and contradictory regulations. The protests against the Regional Military Command Headquarters (Korem) in Nagari Kapalo Hilalang, against the oil palm company in Nagari Kinali, and against a cement factory in Nagari Lubuk Kilangan are cited in this paper as case references
Customary land · Geography · Government (linguistics · Indonesian · Jurisdiction · Land administration · Land law · Land tenure · Political science · Asian Studies and History · Land Rights and Reforms · Law · Legal Studies and Policies
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| Unique citing works | 8 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2018 - 2024 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 8 |