September 10, 2025Space and Culture

The Implementation of Low-Inheritance Customary Law Within Minangkabau Migrant Families in Indonesia: A Law, Power, Space Approach

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The implementation of low-inheritance customary law in Minangkabau migrant families is driven by social changes.
Understanding of inheritance law plays a crucial role in shaping family decisions about inheritance in migration contexts.
The shift from collective to low inheritance reflects changing power relations within the Minangkabau community.
Economic pressures and migration affect the traditional matrilineal structure of the Minangkabau ethnic group.

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Interviews reveal that low-inheritance practices in Minangkabau families depend on power dynamics and social spaces.

Saraswati et al. (2025) studied this question.

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