Asia

Women’s Rights in Acquiring ½ of Joint Matrimonial Property Post Divorce and Separation

This article discusses the division of joint matrimonial property under Indonesian national law and acehnese customary law and the need for greater awareness of this law amongst women to prevent injustice to women.

Muslim Law and Adat Encounter: The experience of Indonesia

While much has been written about the relation between Islamic law and customary law in Muslim countries for the most part, the literature reflects the conflict approach. To date, this methodological framework persists as most western Islamicists continue to view the encounter between the two legal systems as conflict ridden. This thesis is an attempt to reevaluate this entrenched paradigm.

The Supreme Court and Adat Inheritance Law in Indonesia

In this article Lev argues that in the absence of legislative reform, Indonesian customary law (adat) has been susceptible to the changing ideals and imagination of the country’s elite and that for this to happen certain changes have been necessary in the conception Indonesian judges have of their own role in relation to adat law with particular reference to adapt inheritance law.

Joint titling in Nicaragua, Indonesia and Honduras: Rapid Appraisal Synthesis

Numerous titling and registration programs have been implemented in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe as a necessary measure to ensure the property rights of smallholders and increase their access to other production factors, particularly credit. A major criticism of titling programs and formal property rights institutions (such as property registries), however, is their tendency to grant title for household landed property to just one person in the household, usually the male head of household.

Competition and Interaction between state law and customary law in the court room: A study of inheritance cases in Indonesia

“Women’s right to land and housing in tsunami affected Aceh, Indonesia”

This paper is based on extensive fieldwork in tsunami-affected Aceh, Indonesia, between August 2006 and January 2007, and focuses on two key land rights issues for women in tsunami-affected Aceh: inheritance and documentation of land rights.

Restoring and Confirming Rights to Land in Tsunami-Affected Aceh

This is a report on restoring and confirming land rights for internally displaced persons in tsunami affected Aceh, Indonesia. The report addresses two issues: the need for sufficient tenure security to support housing reconstruction and land allocation and need to minimize land grabbing and other land related conflicts. Cross cutting issues taken into account include protection of the rights of vulnerable groups including women.

“Indonesia’s emerging Muslim feminism: women leaders on equality, inheritance and other gender issues”

This article covers the diversity of opinions among Javanese women concerning Islamic teaching that influence women’s lives such as covering the head, women’s share of inheritance, and polygyny.

“Country Profile: Indonesia”

This summary of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) issues in Indonesia is part of a series of LTPR Country Profiles produced for USAID. The profile includes information on property rights and tenure concerning land, forests, freshwater, and minerals, as well as an aggregation of LTPR-related indicators. Options and opportunities for intervention by USAID are presented at the end of the profile, along with an extensive list of references for additional information.

“Joint marital property in Indonesian customary, Islamic, and national law"