Korn,Victor Emanuel. — Het adatrecht van Bali. [Diss.].

's-Gravenhage, Handelsdrukkerij "De Ster", 1924. 1 fold. map. 562,VIII,XIII pp. Softcover. 8vo. - Slightly worn. - Small stamp on free endpaper.Rare and influential dissertation by the Dutch civil servant and Indologist Victor Emanuel Korn (1892-1969), on which he obtained his doctorate at Leiden University on June 24, 1924. A revised second edition was published in 1932. - This book is considered the absolute standard work on unwritten customary law (adat) and the social organization of Bali during the colonial period. Korn wrote the book based on his own practical experience as an inspector (administrative official) in Bali and Lombok between 1914 and 1921. The work is unique because it did not view Balinese society from a theoretical, European legal perspective, but attempted to understand how the Balinese themselves organized their law and society.