baan-müang: Traditional Law and Values in Tai Societies

editorial 5

articles on SEA

Jan P. B. De Josselin De Jong: CUSTOMARY LAW: A CONFUSING FICTION 11

Keebet von Benda-Beckmann: LEGAL PLURALISM 18

John Ambler: CUSTOMARY LAW AND NATURAL RESOURCES 41

MANAGEMENT: IMPLICATIONS FOR INTEGRATING

STATE AND LOCAL LAW IN ASIA

Franz von Benda-Beckmann: PROPERTY RIGHTS PLURALISM AND 63

DEVELOPMENT

Ngo Duc Thinh: CUSTOMARY LAW AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT 81

IN VIETNAM TODAY

Zhang Zhong-qiu: The Interface between Chinese Traditional 101

Legal Culture and a Modern Chinese LegaL System –

A Basic Knowledge and Stand

Bui Xuan Dinh: H¬ng íc AND STATE LAW 106

articles on Tai

Jogen Phukan: TOWARDS AN APPROACH TO TAI AHOM LAW 121

THROUGH THE STUDY OF TITLES REGALIA

Lipi Ghosh: TAI AHOM AND THE HISTORICAL JURISPRUDENCE 134

OF ASSAM

Zhang Xisheng, Xu Zhongqi, and Zhang Xiaohui: THE FEUDAL LAWS 147

OF THE DAI PEOPLE OF DEHONG.

translated by David Holm

David Holm: WORKS ON CUSTOMARY LAW AMONG THE DAI. 159

A Brief Bibliography

Mayoury Ngaosyvathn: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE LAWS OF KHUN 160

BOROM: An Early Prototype of the Organisation of Tai Society and Life

Amphay Doré: APERÇU SUR L´ÉTUDE DE L´ESCLAVAGE AU LAOS 167

(XIIIe-XXe siècles)

Oliver Raendchen: THE hiit-khoong CODES OF THE LAO 182

Volker Grabowsky: ON THE SOCIAL AND POLITICAL ORGANISATION OF 200

CHIANG KHAENG: A Note on a Lü Customary Law Text

Sompong Witayasakpan: SHAN CUSTOMARY LAW 209

Aroonrut Wichienkeeo: LANNA CUSTOMARY LAW 217

Pitinai Chaisaengsukkul: COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE 230

STRUCTURES AND CONTENTS OF THE LANNA AND

SIAMESE KINGDOMS´ ANCIENT LEGAL SYSTEMS

Andrew Huxley: A THAMMASAT FROM HARIPUNJAYA? 252

Barend J. Terwiel: THE OLDEST LAW TEXTS IN MAINLAND 269

SOUTHEAST ASIA: Some Preliminary Remarks

Thanet Aphornsuvan: sitthi IN THAI THOUGHT 273

articles reflecting Tai Law in practice

Jaroen Compeerapap: A STEP BEYOND THAI TRADITIONAL MEDICINE 290

Wajuppa Tossa: ON TAI LAO TRADITIONAL LAW 295

Phiolavanh Luangvanna: SOME REMARKS ON THE som maa RITUAL 305

Acharaporn Kamutpitsmai: THE nak leeng CULTURE IN THE CURRENT OF

CHANGE IN THAI SOCIETY. Some general remarks 310

Vanpen Surarerks: THAI WAYS OF LIFE IN THE RIVER BASIN. 313

müang faai COMMUNITIES IN NORTHERN THAILAND

Lamoon Janhom: TAI LÜÜ AND Tai yuan Proverbs as sources 321

and transmitters of traditional legal knowledge

Chaichuen Khamdaengyodtai: TAI LUANG (SHAN) SOCIAL CULTURE 328

AS REFLECTED IN THEIR PROVERBS, WISE SAYINGS,

AND FOLK SONGS. An Introduction to Tai Wisdom Literature

J. George Scott and J. P. Hardiman: ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL HISTORY 333

OF THE SHAN STATES

translation

Ngo Duc Thinh and Cam Trong: Khwaam soon khon. The Oral Tradition of the 348

Black Tai as a Typical Example of Tai Peoples´ Moral Teachings

FAIRY-TALE: "Gold Turned into Copper". Transl. by Chr. & A. Velder 362

book reviews 365