Cornelis van Vollenhoven
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Cornelis van Vollenhoven was a Dutch legal scholar best known for his pioneering work on Indonesian adat (customary) law and his influential contributions to colonial and comparative legal studies.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| van Vollenhoven | 2 |
| Cornelis van Vollenhoven canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4591215 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelis van Vollenhoven Context triple: [Cornelis, hasNotableBearer, Cornelis van Vollenhoven]
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A.
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk was a Dutch-Swedish troubadour, singer-songwriter, and poet renowned for his influential contributions to Swedish folk and protest music in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Pieter Cort van der Linden
Pieter Cort van der Linden was a Dutch liberal statesman who served as prime minister during World War I and is known for overseeing major democratic reforms in the Netherlands.
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C.
Gerrit van der Heyden
Gerrit van der Heyden was a Dutch Golden Age figure known primarily as the brother of the renowned painter and inventor Jan van der Heyden.
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D.
Cornelis van der Poel
Cornelis van der Poel was a member of the Dutch van der Poel family, related to the 17th-century painter Egbert van der Poel.
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E.
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge was a Dutch colonial administrator and politician who served as a prominent and controversial leader in the Netherlands’ overseas empire during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Cornelis van Vollenhoven Target entity description: Cornelis van Vollenhoven was a Dutch legal scholar best known for his pioneering work on Indonesian adat (customary) law and his influential contributions to colonial and comparative legal studies.
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A.
Cornelis Vreeswijk
Cornelis Vreeswijk was a Dutch-Swedish troubadour, singer-songwriter, and poet renowned for his influential contributions to Swedish folk and protest music in the 1960s and 1970s.
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B.
Pieter Cort van der Linden
Pieter Cort van der Linden was a Dutch liberal statesman who served as prime minister during World War I and is known for overseeing major democratic reforms in the Netherlands.
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C.
Gerrit van der Heyden
Gerrit van der Heyden was a Dutch Golden Age figure known primarily as the brother of the renowned painter and inventor Jan van der Heyden.
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D.
Cornelis van der Poel
Cornelis van der Poel was a member of the Dutch van der Poel family, related to the 17th-century painter Egbert van der Poel.
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E.
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge
Bonifacius Cornelis de Jonge was a Dutch colonial administrator and politician who served as a prominent and controversial leader in the Netherlands’ overseas empire during the early 20th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Dutch person
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human ⓘ legal scholar ⓘ |
| academicDiscipline |
jurisprudence
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legal history ⓘ public law ⓘ |
| areaOfInfluence |
Dutch East Indies legal policy
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development of legal pluralism concepts ⓘ |
| contributedTo |
foundations of modern Indonesian legal studies
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recognition of adat law in Dutch colonial jurisprudence ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Netherlands ⓘ |
| employer | Leiden University NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | van Vollenhoven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Indonesian adat law
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colonial law ⓘ comparative law ⓘ law ⓘ |
| genre |
academic writing
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legal scholarship ⓘ |
| givenName | Cornelis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNotableSubject |
adat law
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colonial administration ⓘ comparative legal systems ⓘ customary law ⓘ |
| influenced |
comparative law approaches to colonial contexts
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later scholarship on legal pluralism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
influential contributions to colonial legal studies
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influential contributions to comparative legal studies ⓘ pioneering research on Indonesian adat (customary) law ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName |
Dutch
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English ⓘ German ⓘ |
| movement | legal pluralism ⓘ |
| name | Cornelis van Vollenhoven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | Dutch ⓘ |
| notableIdea |
recognition of indigenous customary law within colonial legal systems
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systematic classification of Indonesian adat law areas ⓘ |
| occupation |
jurist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfActivity |
Dutch East Indies
NERFINISHED
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Indonesia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studied |
Indonesian customary legal systems
ⓘ
relationship between colonial law and indigenous law ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Leiden
NERFINISHED
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Netherlands NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Cornelis van Vollenhoven Description of subject: Cornelis van Vollenhoven was a Dutch legal scholar best known for his pioneering work on Indonesian adat (customary) law and his influential contributions to colonial and comparative legal studies.
Referenced by (3)
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this entity surface form:
van Vollenhoven
this entity surface form:
van Vollenhoven