Indonesia

...It is a complex and sensitive relationship borne of the differences in history, demographics, political, legal and cultural background. This book is useful as a bridge for academics, government officials and students of both countries. It is considered to be the most authoritative modern text in the English language on Indonesian law and society today. - Australian International Law Journal, p304 This book contains a series of essays on indonesian society and its law... the various essays sketch the essential basics of major pockets of legal issues ... at the end of each chapter is a fairly comprehensive bibliography to enable readers to follow up each subject. ... This is an extremely interesting book for those who require some detailed knowledge of Indonesia and it Indonesian legal system. - (2009) 83 ALJ 774 This volume is not limited to discussions of courts and corruption. It is far richer. It is a work of very broad scope, inclduing discussions ranging from intellectual property law to labour law, to forestry law, to the uncertain laws relating to extra-martial sex in modern Indonesia. This is an eye-opening work and is easy to recommend. - Andrew Field, Law institute Journal of Victoria, Jan/Feb 2009 There is still no comparable, English language text in existence. - Law Society Journal of NSW, July 2008 Indonesia Law and Society has two stated aims (at page xi): 'to introduce Indonesia's complex and unusual legal system to thos unfamiliar with it ...[and]... to provide the more knowledgeable reader with a series of specialist essays on a broad range of importnat contemporary issues in Indonesian law'. The book succeeds in fulfilling these aims. Contributors to the project comprise an impresive cohort of scholars and practitioners...[they] provide the global understanding of black letter law legal systems and the trading and cultural environment necessary to gain an insight into the mosaic that is Indonesia's legal and associated life. - Louise Floyd, Hearsay, Issue 31: November 2008, The Journal of the Bar Association of Queensland Reviews of the 1st editionThe essays in Parts I and II range from history of law, especially under the Republic, through the problems of land reform, to the relationship between the state and the shari'a. Part III deals with sexuality, marriage and the law, giving due attention to New Order violence against women. Parts IV, V and VII elaborate on the legal culture of the late-Sukarno and Soeharto regimes. They deal with questions concerning the rule of law and politics, the relationship between judges, lawyers and the state, and the problem of human rights. Many of these essays analyse the lofty ideals of the rule of law and the integralistic, familistic state, and their degeneration in practice in independent Indonesia ... Personally, I like these discussions. ... Many authors point to the timeliness of, the social demand for, and the benefits of the rule of law. Especially in this era of globalization, commercial regulation has become a necessity: this is the subject of Part VI. How it will all develop in Indonesia is unpredictable for now. The collection of essays does, however, offer a high-quality inventorization of law, and of law and society up to the beginning of the Habibie presidency. As such it constitutes a very useful baseline for clearing up the mess and proceeding with legal reform. - Bijdragen tot de Taal-, Land- en Volkenkunde, Vol 157.1, 2002 The book contains wide-ranging and incisive writings covering the grounds of Indonesian society from various angles: legal, sociological, cultural and political. The fact that Ariel Budiman, a well-known critic of the authorities, gave his imprimateur in the foreword, lends assurances to the would-be reader that the content of the book is insightful and not shying away from showing the cracks and faultlines of the landscape. The book gives the reader an encompassing picture where the complex and colourful fabric of Indonesian societ

A Reformed Republic? The Trajectory of Law Reform in Indonesia Tim Lindsey and Mas Achmad Santosa Constitutional Reform in Indonesia: Muddling towards Democracy Tim Lindsey Between State and Society: Professional Lawyers and Reform in Indonesia Daniel S Lev Indonesian Law Reform, or Once More into the Breach: A Brief Institutional History David Linnan Adat and Law in a Plural System Positivism and Romanticism in Indonesian Legal Thought David Bourchier Between Crime and Custom: Extra-Marital Sex in Modern Indonesian Law Sebastiaan Pompe Hukum Adat Adat, Conflict and Reconciliation: The Kei Islands, Southeast Maluku Craig Thorburn Decentralisation and Land Law Decentralisation and Legal Reform in Indonesia: The Pendulum Effect Leo Schmit Indonesian Land Law and Administration Jude Wallace Beyond Dualism: Land Acquisition and Law in Indonesia Daniel Fitzpatrick Forest and Mining Legislation in Indonesia Carolyn Marr Islam and Law Polygamy and Mixed Marriage in Indonesia: Islam and the Marriage Law in the Courts Simon Butt Legislating Social Change in an Islamic Society: Indonesia's Marriage Law Mark Cammack, Lawrence A Young and Tim Heaton Indonesian Islamic Banking in Historical and Legal Context Abdullah Saeed Islamic Inheritance Law in Indonesia; The Influence of Jazairin's Theory of Bilateral Interitance Mark Cammack Judges and Lawyers Surat Sakti: the Decline of the Authority of Judicial Decisions in Indonesia Simon Butt The Importance of Private Law Doctrine in Indonesia Gary F Bell Indonesia's Nation and Local Ombudsman Reforms: Salvaging a Failed Experiment? Melissa Crouch Measuring Up? Indonesia's Anti-Corruption Commission and the New Corruption Agenda Stewart Fenwick The Bali Bombing East Timor Trials and the Aceh Human Rights Court - Retrospectivity, Impunity and Constitutionalism Ross Clarke Human Rights, Gender and the Law The Legal Framework of Human Rights in Indonesia Jeff Herbert Gender and Law Reform in Indonesia: Overcoming Entrenched Barriers Nursyahbani Katjasungkana Culture, Ideology and Human Rights: The Case of Indonesia's Code of Criminal Procedure Daniel FitzpatrickLegal Responses to Violence in post-Soeharto Indonesia Jemma Purdey Labour Law and Practice in post-Soeharto Indonesia Luke Arnold Commercial Law and Reform Contract and Contract Enforcement in Indonesian: An Institutional Assessment Veronica Taylor Commercial Law Enforcement in Indonesia: The Manulife Case David Linnan Intellectual Property in Indonesia: A Problematic Legal Transplant Simon Butt The Competition Commission: A New Kind of Player in Indonesia's Legal System John R Davis Resources Glossary Table of Cases and DecisionsTable of Legislation Sources Index