<![CDATA[This study examines tuna satak bathi sanak in Gunungpati District's traditional markets through a legal anthropological lens. Beyond economic exchange, traditional markets are social spaces where cultural values, informal norms, and legal mechanisms shape everyday interactions. The practice of tuna satak bathi sanak, which involves accepting minor economic losses to preserve social relationships, reflects a local rationality that prioritizes relational harmony over immediate profit. This study explores its emergence and typologies using a qualitative legal ethnographic approach. Data were collected through participant observation, in-depth interviews with traders, buyers, and other market participants, and document analysis. The findings identify five typologies: trader-customer relationships, inter-trader solidarity, merchant-supplier relationships, kinship-based relationships, and situational practices. These patterns emerge from repeated interactions, mutual trust, and shared moral values. They demonstrate that tuna satak bathi sanak functions as living law by regulating conduct, managing expectations, preventing conflict, and sustaining market stability without exclusive reliance on formal legal mechanisms. This study contributes to legal anthropology by conceptualizing traditional markets as dynamic sites of legal production where informal norms and social relationships shape economic activity and normative order..]]>
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