KEBERADAAN PENGUASAAN TANAH OLEH MASYARAKAT HUKUM ADAT MINANGKABAU DI DALAM UUPA

Main Author: ., Hermayulis
Format: Article eJournal
Bahasa: eng
Terbitan: [ 8 ] JURNAL HUKUM BISNIS , 2012
Online Access: http://lib.law.ugm.ac.id/ojs/index.php/jhb/article/view/1978
Daftar Isi:
  • Authority on land in the Minangkabau adat (tradition) law is regulated by existing developing adat laws which people abide by from generation to generation in this community. Authority on land is not based on written proof. The community, based on an unwritten consensus, respects authority on land, borders and size of the land. Meanwhile, UUPA of 1960 through its Article 19 states that written evidence on the authority to the land is a must. For the Minangkabau adat law community, registration of land is a new law they have never had before. On the other hand, the authorities (government) are trying their best to introduce the new law with the hope that this could change the pattern of land authority in the community. By applying the Article 19 of UUPA, it hoped that the community will register their land. The problem with the Minangkabau adat law community is who will register the land, "whether to come up with one name or several names from the matrilineal family or on behalf of one Mamak Kepala Waris and his group members