HISTORY IS THE experience of human beings in time, but it takes place also in space, on the planet Earth, so that geography always underlies it. It is the business of geography not merely to describe and map the carth and its various areas, but to study the changing relationships between human activities and the surrounding environment.
This is a remarkable book, a forensic examination of agrarian conflict which exposes with great clarity the crisis facing indigenous peoples in Indonesia today. Based on careful research in five different self-governing Minangkabau communities (nagari) in West Sumatra, the study situates present day conflicts between rural communities and palm oil developers in their historical and institutiona…
Simon Wichester menunjukkan bahwa letusan Krakatau 1883 bukanlah bencana alam biasa, melainkansebuah fenomena yang memicu perubahan sosial, politis, ekonomis dan teknologis mahabesar
Buku ini merupakan rampai tulisan komprehensif dengan fokus bahasan seputar hukum dan berbagai faktor nonhukum yang mengitarinya. Dengan menyajikan berbagai isu penting tentang keterkaitan dan hubungan timbal balik antara dua faktor tersebut dalam berbagai permasalahan hukum.
Dewasa ini semakin banyak masyarakat menggugat para pejabat dan lembaga pemerintah. Hal ini menunjukkan bahwa keberadaan Peradilan Tata Usaha Negara sebagai lembaga pengaduan sangat diperlukan. Dibalik semua pengaduan dari masyarakat, tentunya perlu suatu dasar pengertian dan pemahaman yang dalam akan lembaga peradilan ini, khususnya bagi masyarakat yang merasa dirugikan hak-haknya.
This guide is about how to meet the needs of different groups in forests, especially where they conflict. As the world’s forests continue to decline in area and quality, clashes are rising. Loggers, miners, farmers, plantation managers, hunters, trekkers, conservationists, scientists, educators, indigenous people, mushroom collectors, water bottlers and global carbon traders all want thei…
Para pengamat atau pakar hukum yang bersikap terlalu formal- legalistik seringkali merasa kecewa karena dalam kenyataannya apa yang tertulis sebagai hukum seringkali kalah oleh keputusan-keputusan politik. Hukum kemudian dijadikan instrumen untuk memberi pembenaran formal atas keinginan- keinginan politik penguasa. Tepatnya hukum seringkali diintervensi oleh kekuasaan politik. Itulah yang terja…
Beneath the Volcano is the first major account of the Nage, a people inhabiting the central part of Flores in eastern Indonesia. The book focuses on Nage ideas concerning spiritual beings and how these influence both ritual practices and ideas about human beings. Ideas about relations between Nage humans and several kinds of spirits are also shown to be governed by a pervasive principle of symm…
The book documents and analyses the many forms of racism that indigenous peoples all over the world are still facing at the beginning of the new millennium. Although many national constitutions prohibit racial discrimination, indigenous peoples are facing pervasive racial discrimination in their daily lives, which has farreaching consequences for their well-being and human rights situation. It …
This is a short and succinct summary of the unique position of Roman law in European culture by a leading legal historian. Peter Stein's masterly study assesses the impact of Roman law in the ancient world and its continued unifying influence throughout medieval and modern Europe. Roman Law in European History is unparalleled in range, lucidity and authority, and should prove of enormous utilit…