Verwerkelijking van adatrecht in de Karo Batakse samenleving (Indonesië)

Samenvatting

The unwritten law called 'adatlaw' of the Karo Batak society of North Sumatra, Indonesia, is described. Whereas Western law is based on objectively formulated rules & is implemented through state legislation & courts, adatlaw is based on ad hoc decisions by members of the society according to their ideas of justice & propriety. Discussed is one of the institutions in Karo Batak society by which law is constituted: 'runggun', the process of formal deliberations aiming at a unanimous decision within a group formed on the basis of kinship. 2 Diagrams. Modified HA.