Customary Law and Challenges to Governance in the Context of Land Inheritance Among the Women of Munda Tribe in Jharkhand

2020 ◽  
Vol 66 (4) ◽  
pp. 552-562
Author(s):  
Shalini Saboo
Keyword(s):  
Land Rights ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Tribal Women ◽  
Research Article ◽  
Victims Of Violence ◽  
Customary Practices ◽  
Land Inheritance

The changing socio-economic scenario has brought its negative repercussions on the tribal women. They are not only being denied land rights but are also being made the victims of violence by the males. They are mostly widows, single and separated women. This research article focuses on the Munda tribe in Jharkhand and attempts to study the customary practices of the land inheritance among the Munda women. It also delineates the legal and social impediments faced by Munda women when it comes to the issue of land inheritance.

scholarly journals RIGHTS OWNERSHIP TO CERTIFIED LAND CONFRONTED WITH THE CUSTOMARY LAW IN THE LEGAL SYSTEM IN INDONESIA

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saim Aksnudin
Keyword(s):  
National Development ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
The State ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
The Status ◽  
Need For Support ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Ownership Of Land

In the national development the role of land for the fulfillment of various purposes will increase, either as a place to live or for business activities. In relation to that will also increase the need for support in the form of guarantee of legal certainty in the field of land. The result of the research is the conception of the state of Indonesia is a state law, which contains the meaning in the administration of government and the state based on the law, the protection of the law is a universal concept of the rule of law. The legal certainty on land rights as intended by the UUPA encompasses three things, namely the certainty of the object of land rights, certainty on the subject of land rights and certainty about the status of landrights. Legal conception of land title certificate is a proof that issued by authorized legal institution, containing juridical data and physical data which isused as evidence of ownership of land rights in order to provide assurance of legal certainty and certainty of rights to a plot of land owned or possessed by a person or legal entity. With the certificate of rights, it is expected that the juridical can guarantee the legal certainty and the right by the state for the holder of the right to the land. This country's guarantee is granted to the owner or the holder of the certificate may be granted because the land is already registered in the state land administration system.

Strategi Penyelesaian Pendaftaran Tanah Hak Komunal Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta

Tunas Agraria ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-69
Author(s):  
Ardi Saputra Sinaga ◽  
Julius Sembiring ◽  
Sukayadi Sukayadi
Keyword(s):  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Legal Status ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Land Registration ◽  
Communal Land ◽  
Community Strategy ◽  
Land Control

Abstract: Environment and Forestry Ministry established the reserve incense forest of the Pan-dumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community as a customary forest. But in reality, it has not been guaranteed legal certainty regarding the existence and recognition of the rights of the Pan-dumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community. The objective of this research is to know the le-gal status of Indigenous Peoples forest in Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law at this time, strategy of the land registration of communal right settlement, and constraint and effort done in the land registration of communal right settlement of Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community. This research uses qualitative research method with empirical juridical research form. Based on the results of the study showed that the legal status of the Indigenous Forests of Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Society is currently reserved as customary forest of Pan-dumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community. Strategy for resolving communal rights land registration in the incense forest of the Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community through four stages. First, recognition of the existence of the Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community. Secondly, the establishment of customary forests of the Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community by Environment and Forestry Ministry. Third, the Settlement of Land Control in Forest Areas is carried out in accordance with Presidential Regulation Number 88 of 2017 by issuing customary forests of the Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Customary Law Community from forest areas. Fourth, registration of communal land rights of Pandumaan-Sipituhuta Custom-ary Law Community.Keywords: strategy, communal rights, customary forestsIntisari: Kementerian Lingkungan Hidup dan Kehutanan (KLHK) menetapkan pencadangan hutan kemenyan Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta sebagai hutan adat. Tetapi kenyataannya, keadaan tersebut hingga saat ini dinilai belum menjamin kepastian hukum akan keberadaan dan pengakuan hak Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta. Tujuan dari penelitian ini untuk menjelaskan bagaimana strategi penyelesaian pendaftaran tanah hak komunal hutan kemenyan Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta. Penelitian ini menggunakan metode penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan yuridis empiris. Berdasarkan hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa status hukum hutan kemenyan Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta saat ini dicadangkan sebagai hutan adat. Strategi penyelesaian pendaftaran tanah hak komunal hutan kemenyan Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta melalui empat tahapan. Pertama, pengakuan keberadaan Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta. Kedua, penetapan hutan adat Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta oleh KLHK. Ketiga, dilakukan Penyelesaian Penguasaan Tanah dalam Kawasan Hutan sesuai dengan Peraturan Presiden Nomor 88 Tahun 2017dengan cara mengeluarkan hutan adat Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta dari kawasan hutan. Keempat, pendaftaran tanah hak komunal Masyarakat Hukum Adat Pandumaan-Sipituhuta.Kata Kunci : strategi, hak komunal, hutan adat

Customary Law and Communal Property in South Africa

2018 ◽  
pp. 127-151
Author(s):  
Juanita M. Pienaar
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Land Reform ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Communal Property ◽  
Challenges And Opportunities ◽  
Constitutional Right ◽  
Communal Areas ◽  
Traditional Authorities ◽  
Recent Policy

In the geographical areas forming the focus of this contribution, the traditional communal areas in former Bantustan and homeland areas in South Africa, communal ownership flows from the application of customary law, linked to the constitutional right to culture. Living customary law, embedded in communities, entails a dynamic system of land rights which are negotiated in line with particular needs. Recent policy and legislative developments, however, seem to bolster rights of traditional authorities, thereby impacting on land rights and effectively negating spontaneous negotiation. Conceptual clarification in this contribution embodies the complexity linked to communal property, specifically land, in light of the aftermath of apartheid, the commencement of an all-encompassing land reform programme and the operation of a dual legal system comprising customary law and Western-style legal paradigms. The challenges and opportunities for law reform are explored in this context of inter-connectedness of customary law and communal property.

Trees and farm boundaries: farm forestry, land tenure and reform in Kenya

Africa ◽  
1995 ◽  
Vol 65 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter A. Dewees
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Land Tenure ◽  
High Potential ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Colonial Administration ◽  
Farm Forestry ◽  
Land Reforms ◽  
Land Holdings ◽  
Customary Practices ◽  
Economic Considerations

Tree cultivation and management are a common form of land use in high-potential areas of Kenya. While some of these practices are related to economic considerations, such as markets and prices for specific tree products, others were derived from or developed in parallel with customary practices. This article traces the origins of contemporary demarcation practices in Kikuyu areas of Kenya, involving the planting of trees in hedges and windrows, from their customary antecedents. Customary law prescribed clear mechanisms for demarcating land to which rights of use had been acquired. These mechanisms, characterised principally by the planting of particular trees on the boundaries of land holdings, were given limited recognition by the colonial administration, and were subsequently incorporated (without any clear awareness of their customary role) in the contemporary body of land law which emerged as a result of the land reforms of the early 1960s. Land reforms tended to obscure customary distinctions between rights of control to trees and rights of use and access, by equating rights of control with rights of ownership. The result has been that rights of use and access, which had been guaranteed to the landless under customary law, were, for the most part, eliminated.

scholarly journals REKONSEPTUALISASI HAK ATAS TANAH DALAM KERANGKA PEMBAHARUAN HUKUM TANAH NASIONAL

LITIGASI ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
ILYAS ISMAIL ◽  
Tn. Sufyan ◽  
Tn. Azhari
Keyword(s):  
Land Reform ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Reform Program ◽  
Program Library ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Data Library

This paper is going to discuss the sorts of land rights recognized by laws and the implementation of such rights and recopceptualisation  related to the land reform program. Library and field researches are conducted to obtain the data. Library research is conducted by exploring the relevant laws and literatures while field research is conducted by interviewing relevant informants. The research shows that there are about 13 rights of the land that can be found in the regulations. Most of the rights on land is based on customary law which has communal concept. However, amongst such rights in the implementation still faces unjust in dividing its benefit, there is a tendency to increase the gap in owning the land and to disobey the need of housing that more complex in the limited number of it; hence the reconceptualisation  is required for the rights.  Keywords: Recopceptualisation; Land Rights; Law ReformABSTRAKTulisan  ini dimaksudkan untuk menjelaskan mengenai macam-macam hak atas tanah yang dikenal dalam ketentuan perundang-undangan,  pelaksanaan berbagai macam hak atas tanah tersebut dan rekonseptualisasi hak-hak atas tanah dikaitkan dengan restrukturisasi penguasaan tanah. Untuk mendapatkan data bagi kepentingan penulisan ini dilakukan penelitian kepustakaan dan penelitian lapangan. Penelitian kepustakaan dilakukan dengan cara menelaah ketentuan perundang-undangan dan  literatur yang relevan, sedangkan penelitian lapangan dilakukan dengan cara mewawancarai para nara sumber yang terkait. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa paling tidak terdapat 13 (tiga belas) macam hak atas tanah yang terdapat pengaturannya dalam ketentuan perundang-undangan. Sebagian besar hak-hak atas tanah tersebut bersumberkan pada hukum adat yang berkonsepsi kumunalistik. Namun diantara hak-hak atas tanah tersebut dalam pelaksanaannya ada yang masih mengandung unsur pemerasan, cenderung semakin meningkatkan  ketimpangan dalam penguasaan tanah dan cenderung tidak dapat mengakomodir kebutuhan tanah yang semakin komplek dalam keterbatasan ketersediaannya, karena itu diperlukan rekonseptualisasi hak-hak atas tanah.Kata kunci:  Rekonseptualisasi; Hak Atas Tanah; Pembaharuan Hukum

scholarly journals PENYELESAIAN SENGKETA TANAH ULAYAT YANG TELAH BERSERTIFIKAT BERDASARKAN HUKUM ADAT MALIND-ANIM

Arena Hukum ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. 150-166
Author(s):  
Ahmad Muddin ◽  
◽  
Hardianto Djanggih
Keyword(s):  
Dispute Resolution ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Legal Certainty ◽  
Legal Research ◽  
Land Dispute ◽  
Traditional Institutions ◽  
Customary Land

Abstract This study aims to analyze dispute resolution, the dispute resolution approach that guarantees legal certainty and examine the factors that influence the construction of the settlement of land rights of the customary community of Malind-Amin. This normative and empirical legal research is analized descriptively and analytically. The results shows that the nature of customary land dispute with customary law can be resolved through positive legal mechanisms and customary law mechanisms, while dispute resolution on disputed objects that have certificates based on the release of traditional institutions through mediation, synchronization / harmonization of laws and the making of local regulations. However, efforts to resolve this have experienced various factors of internal and external obstacles.

scholarly journals HAK KOMUNAL ATAS TANAH SEBAGAI HAK ATAS TANAH DESA PAKRAMAN DI BALI

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 9
Author(s):  
Made Oka Cahyadi Wiguna
Keyword(s):  
Social Interaction ◽  
Indigenous Peoples ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Land Rights ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Law System ◽  
Village Leader ◽  
Communal Land ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Government

The government has indeed provided legal protection and certainty to indigenous peoples regarding their ulayat lands, through a Ministerial Regulation. However, it needs to be studied more deeply about the concept of communal rights to land and Pakraman village as the subject of communal rights holders on land. Communal rights to land are conceptualized as models of land rights that have just been raised in the national land law system. The consequence is that indigenous and tribal peoples as communal rights holders are authorized to use and benefit from their communal land. Pakraman village qualifies as a subject of communal rights to land because Pakraman village in Bali is classified into the community of the community, has a system of customary government referred to as the traditional prajuru led by a customary village leader. Then Pakraman village has a legal area called the Palemahan Pakraman village. As an instrument that regulates the life and social interaction of the community, awig-awig is the customary law of the community in a Pakraman village in Bali.

scholarly journals Co-governance, Transregional Maritime Conventions, and Indigenous Customary Practices Among Subsistence Fishermen in Ende, Indonesia

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
Author(s):  
Victoria C. Ramenzoni
Keyword(s):  
Central Government ◽  
Management Strategies ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
Cooperative Groups ◽  
Self Sufficiency ◽  
Indigenous Institutions ◽  
Poverty And Inequality ◽  
Development Policies ◽  
Aid Programs ◽  
Customary Practices

This article presents a case study of a fishery in the port-town community of Ende, Flores, a former littoral hub located at the periphery of major commercial systems in the Indo-Pacific region. The article argues that more attention be paid to the role of transregional maritime networks, nautical conventions, and navigational practices embedded within local tenure systems to understand the apparent absence of formal control of marine and coastal resources. Through ethnographic and archival research, this study identifies the presence of indigenous institutions for fishing grounds regulation and documents the existence of broader transregional norms dictating proper fishing and navigation. Exploring the interactions between more pluralistic customary systems that exist in port-towns such as Ende and recent fishery development policies, the article discusses some of the obstacles to implementing sustainable co-management strategies. While the Indonesian central government is strongly promoting co-governance approaches for resource management, these institutional models are based on geographically narrow definitions of tradition and customary law which can lead to management failures, such as elite capture and local fishers’ disenfranchisement. In this case, policies emphasize the formation of cooperative groups without considering transregional beliefs about independence and pre-established systems of obligations. As a result, disputes among the fishermen, conflicts with local fishery officers, and the use of non-sustainable practices continue. For example, embodying predominant Southeast Asian beliefs, Endenese are known for their entrepreneurial nature and strong self-sufficiency ethos. Yet, these notions are ignored by local government agencies that view the fishermen as selfish and disorganized. In order to formulate true participatory solutions, a careful assessment of the role played by transregional perspectives that go beyond geographically localized understandings of customary practices is needed. The article concludes with a consideration of the role played by decentralization processes, subsidies, and aid programs in entrenching poverty and inequality among local communities.

scholarly journals Legal pluralism and stigma: a case-study of customary resurgence in the Chakma communities of Bangladesh and India

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-370
Author(s):  
Margaret O'Brien
Keyword(s):  
Legal Pluralism ◽  
The State ◽  
Customary Law ◽  
State Recognition ◽  
Tribal Identity ◽  
Strong State ◽  
Legal Domain ◽  
The Hill ◽  
Customary Practices

AbstractThis paper explores the complex iteration of ethnic identity and legal culture amongst the Chakma peoples of the Chittagong Hill Tracts of Bangladesh and the hill territories of Tripura, India. Its hypothesis is that the stigma of tribal identity is more likely to be sustained in situations of ‘weak’ pluralism – that is, where the customary system is formally annexed to the state. However, such stigma is more likely to be dispelled where numerous, competing legal jurisdictions collide in a ‘strong’ pluralism expressed as a relatively autonomous legal domain, overlapping legal jurisdictions and in the presence of a productive and potentially creative ‘interlegality’. Conversely, strong state recognition of identities, such as can be found in India, appears to be linked to weak local pluralism, creating an insular and inward-looking community that embraces stigma and the preservation and use of customary practices. In conclusion, this paper asserts that formal state recognition in a situation of legal pluralism tends to freeze identities in a facsimile of the colonial trope of tribe, whilst conflict between the communities and the state generates new and resistant identities and new iterations of customary law.

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