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  • Vol. 25 No. 1 (2024)

    Vol. 25 No. 1 (2024) features focused legal scholarship on key developments in Indonesian law, with particular attention to criminal law reform, human rights, and land governance issues. This issue examines contemporary land-related debates, from lease rights for foreign nationals as an alternative form of land control to the legal status of abandoned ex-HGU land managed by local communities.

    This issue also highlights major shifts in Indonesia’s criminal justice landscape, including the treatment of gross human rights violations under the 2023 Criminal Code, stronger penalties for obstruction of justice, and comparative perspectives on rape regulation between Indonesia’s new Criminal Code and the UK’s Sexual Offences Act 2003. In addition, it addresses emerging legal challenges in the digital era, such as the protection of YouTubers’ intellectual property in bank financing transactions and the evolving meaning of “property” in Indonesian and Dutch criminal jurisprudence in response to cyber-related crimes. Overall, this edition offers timely and critical insights for advancing a more responsive and justice-oriented legal system.

  • Vol. 24 No. 2 (2023)

    Vol. 24 No. 2 (2023) presents scholarly discussions on how the law operates at the intersection of legal norms, institutional practice, and socio-political dynamics. This issue examines the impact of the press trial on the independence of criminal law enforcement, alongside debates on the role of criminal law experts in corruption trials and the use of asset recovery mechanisms—particularly compensation payments—to restore state losses.

    The issue also addresses land governance and socio-economic justice through analyses of agrarian conflicts and land-related regulatory implications, as well as the social-ownership approach to protecting the geographical indication of South Aceh nutmeg. In addition, it explores money laundering involving notaries, as a matter of professional integrity and compliance. From a constitutional perspective, this edition reviews the strengthening of political parties following Constitutional Court Decision No. 114/PUU-XX/2022 and the controversy surrounding the dissolution of ministries within Indonesia’s presidential system.

  • Vol. 24 No. 1 (2023)

    Vol. 24 No. 1 (2023) presents scholarly discussions on the relationship between legal design, institutional ethics, and the effective protection of public interests within a modern rule of law framework. This issue examines land distribution inequality and its impact on food security, as well as oversight of penal mediation agreements in the implementation of restorative justice at the investigation stage. In the constitutional sphere, it explores the strengthening of constitutional ethics through the expanded authority of the Constitutional Court’s Honorary Council, while emphasizing the urgency of adopting an asset forfeiture law as a key instrument for preventing and combating money laundering. This issue also addresses Indonesia’s citizenship legal policy in relation to nationals associated with foreign terrorist fighters, highlighting the intersection of security concerns and citizenship legitimacy. Furthermore, it broadens the discussion on access to justice by assessing community-based witness and victim programs and reviewing the role of Protection and Indemnity (P&I) insurance in strengthening legal protection for Indonesian carriers, before concluding with reflections on the potential of alternative dispute resolution mechanisms to reshape conflict and dispute settlement in Indonesia.

  • Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022)

    Vol. 23 No. 2 (2022) brings together studies that reflect Indonesia’s legal responses to contemporary social change, institutional governance and digital transformation. This issue highlights victim protection under Indonesia’s Law on Sexual Violence Crimes and legal questions in family law practice, including a husband’s refusal to pronounce ikrar talakin divorce proceedings. It also expands the discussion to the international arena by examining the relevance of the TPPA 2011 for WTO member states in global trade, alongside a comparative study of educational fair use and digital learning between Indonesia and Myanmar. In addition, this edition addresses the future of legal education in the digital era, the implementation of good governance principles (AUPB) in public services within correctional institutions, the use of regulatory analysis methods to support better lawmaking, and the role of local wisdom in strengthening environmental legal education in Indonesia.

     

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