Indonesian law rests on a civil law system inherited in large part from Dutch colonial rule, blended with the country's own local customary law, known as adat. Before European colonization began in the sixteenth century, Indonesia's indigenous kingdoms governed themselves under their own adat law, itself shaped by earlier contact with India, China and the Middle East. Some communities keep distinct legal traditions within the national system: the Acehnese in Sumatra observe their own sharia law, while the Toraja people of Sulawesi still follow an animistic customary law.
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- Also in Geography Atlas: Asia, found in there.
- Also in Geography Atlas: Indonesia, found in there.
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1. Wikipedia: Law of Indonesia
The law of Indonesia is based on a civil law system, intermixed with local customary law and Dutch lawView the Source 2. Law of Indonesia (Wikipedia)
Section: history
Following independence in 1945, Indonesia began to form its own modern Indonesian law, modifying existing precepts.
Section: Constitution
The 1945 Constitution is the highest legal instrument in Indonesia, to which the executive, legislative and judicial branches of government must defer.
Introduction, jurisdictions using it
The law of Indonesia is based on a civil law system, intermixed with local customary law and Dutch law.
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