ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The rights afforded to women in the 1974 Marriage Law were considered to be an antidote to 'backward' local marriage practices which rested on male control of the marital tie. Thus the Marriage Law was seen as a significant step forward for women particularly as it gave them the ability to enact divorce independently. The discussion of the marital continuum throughout the book complicates this interpretation of community-based marriage. By exploring the variety of women's experiences, we gain a more adequate representation of how community-based law shapes marital trajectories and the opportunities, as well as disadvantages, it presents for women. The book highlights the complex reasons why the Marriage Law as a project of modernity has lacked efficacy in regional Indonesia, outlining the inability of state-based law to keep afoot of the dynamism of the Sasak marital continuum.
