Cornelis Hendrik van Rhee
Volume 77, Special Issue, 55-67
Our friend and colleague, Professor Richard Marcus, has a broad interest in comparative civil procedure, including the history of procedure. Therefore, I thought it appropriate to invite him for a short journey in time and place, travelling together to nineteenth century colonial Indonesia, at the time known as “Nederlands-Indië” or the Dutch East-Indies. We will take a closer look at a court known as “Landraad,” meaning “Provincial Council” or “Provincial Court.” However, before studying this Court and its procedure in civil matters, general information on Dutch colonial rule in Indonesia is needed to provide the relevant context.