Indonesian Indigenous Law Graduates From  Leiden University’s Involvement In Colonial Legal System During The 20th Century Late Colonial Period

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Buana, Muhammad (2015)

Indonesian Indigenous Law Graduates From Leiden University’s Involvement In Colonial Legal System During The 20th Century Late Colonial Period

Bachelor thesis | Geschiedenis (BA)

This study investigates two different type of indigenous students from Indonesia who earned their degree from Faculty of Law Leiden University in the late colonial period. Their family background, academic support in Leiden, nationalist movement and also the different life that they must encountered in the Netherlands shifted their choice once they came back to the colony. The first type of Leiden graduate associated themselves with the colonial legal system in order to sustain colonial authority in Indonesia. The second type was them who decided to either work under the colonial administration but showing nationalistic stance or them who stood against colonial authority by opening law firms independently and joining political activities. The main focus of this thesis is to explore more on some cases which portrays the outcome of these Leiden graduates and their involvement in colonial legal system in the Dutch East Indies.

colonial legal system

Author: Buana, Muhammad

Faculty: Faculty of Humanities

Supervisors: Ravensbergen, Sanne

ECTS Credits: 15

Language: en

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Indonesian Indigenous Law Graduates From Leiden University’s Involvement In Colonial Legal System During The 20th Century Late Colonial Period