The Social Organisation and Customary Law of the Toba-Batak of Northern Sumatra, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1964

The genealogy of the Batak people.- I. Genealogical structure: the kinship system.- II. Religious concepts.- III. The corporate communities (haradjaon).- IV. Some general observations.- V. Matrimonial law (Adat pardongan-saripeon).- VI. Inheritance law (Adat taringot tu tadingtadingan).- VII. The law of land tenure (Adat partanoon).- VIII. The law relating to debts (Adat dibagasan pardabu-dabuanon).- IX. The law of offences (Panguhumon tu angka parsala).- X. Settling disputes (Ruhut ni parhataon).- Appendices.- Index of Batak words.- Legal Maxims and Aphorisms.