Corruption and Law in Indonesia
Corruption and Law in Indonesia

Author: Simon Butt

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 204

ISBN-13: 1136618120

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Indonesia has transformed from one of South East Asia’s most repressive and centralised political systems to its most decentralised and democratic. Despite this, obstacles still remain that hinder Indonesia achieving the ‘rule of law’, and in particular, the country is consistently ranked as having one of the highest levels of corruption in the world. This book assesses Indonesia’s anti-corruption reforms over the past decade, focusing on the Anti-corruption Commission (KPK) and the Anti-corruption Court (ACC). The book discusses how both institutions have been largely successful since they began operating on 2004. Before 2008, the KPK and ACC largely focused on mid-senior level targets and faced resistance primarily in the form of constitutional challenges to their jurisdictions and powers. From 2008, however, the KPK began targeting politically-powerful figures, drawing resistance that now threatens the future efficacy of both institutions. It is largely in Indonesia’s courtrooms and lawmaking institutions that key battles between reformists and those preferring the status quo have played out. This book describes and analyses these judicial processes and legal changes. It shows that despite persistent claims that Indonesia’s legal system is dysfunctional, law is far from irrelevant in modern day Indonesia. The book is a useful contribution to South East Asian politics and Asian law.

Corruption and Law in Indonesia
Corruption and Law in Indonesia

Author: Simon Butt

Publisher:

Published: 2017-05-31

Total Pages: 162

ISBN-13: 9781138102965

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Indonesia has transformed from one of South East Asia's most repressive and centralised political systems to its most decentralised and democratic. Despite this, obstacles still remain that hinder Indonesia achieving the 'rule of law', and in particular, the country is consistently ranked as having one of the highest levels of corruption in the world. This book assesses Indonesia's anti-corruption reforms over the past decade, focusing on the Anti-corruption Commission (KPK) and the Anti-corruption Court (ACC). The book discusses how both institutions have been largely successful since they began operating on 2004. Before 2008, the KPK and ACC largely focused on mid-senior level targets and faced resistance primarily in the form of constitutional challenges to their jurisdictions and powers. From 2008, however, the KPK began targeting politically-powerful figures, drawing resistance that now threatens the future efficacy of both institutions. It is largely in Indonesia's courtrooms and lawmaking institutions that key battles between reformists and those preferring the status quo have played out. This book describes and analyses these judicial processes and legal changes. It shows that despite persistent claims that Indonesia's legal system is dysfunctional, law is far from irrelevant in modern day Indonesia. The book is a useful contribution to South East Asian politics and Asian law.

The Politics of Court Reform
The Politics of Court Reform

Author: Melissa Crouch

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-09-19

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1108493467

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Offers an analysis of the politics of court reform through a focused review of Indonesia's complex court system.

Indonesian Law
Indonesian Law

Author: Tim Lindsey

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2018-09-06

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 0191665568

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Indonesia has a growing population of almost 300 million people, it is increasingly involved in world affairs, and has a booming economy. The need to better understand its unique, complex, and often obscure legal system, has become pressing. This is true across a wide range of sectors including, but not limited to, trade and investment, crime and terrorism, and human rights. Indonesia's democratization after the fall of Soeharto in 1998 triggered massive social and political changes that opened up this diverse, and formerly tightly-controlled, society. Law reform was a key driver of Indonesia's transformation and its full effect remains to be seen. This book offers clear and detailed explanations of the foundations of Indonesia's legal system in the context of its legal reform and rapid development. It offers succinct commentaries on a wide range of issues, examining the judicial process, the constitution, corruption and the court system, contract law, administrative law, foreign investment, taxation, Islamic law, and family law. It examines current substantive law and judicial interpretation and presents case studies of how the system operates in practice. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book is an essential guide for readers seeking quick and clear answers to questions regarding the law and its application in Indonesia.

Culture of abuse of power in indonesia from the perspectiv of criminilogy and low
Culture of abuse of power in indonesia from the perspectiv of criminilogy and low

Author: Bambang Slamet Riyadi

Publisher: PT. RajaGrafindo Persada - Rajawali Pers

Published: 2023-10-17

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 6232314352

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The anatomy of a culture of abuse of power in Indonesia from the standpoint of criminology and law has an impact on deviations not only on the discretion of power and moral behavior of public officials In fact, many public officials abuse power by being corrupt or punished, even by severe law, even the perpetrators of power violations continue to commit corruption or it can be seen that there is no clear effect for corruptors However, it is a wrong system in the life of the nation and state, when public officials who depart from the people do not have the view of life as a nation and state as they should Therefore, in accordance with the views and suggestions of the author, this nation and state need to return to the joint system of life of the nation and state of Indonesia, namely implementing the points of practice and appreciation of the Pancasila precepts with truth rather than mere rhetoric, because the ideology of the Pancasila state has been built since the country was founded by the founding fathers This book is written by an academic who concerns about the abuse of power by public officials in exercising their power and authority This book is a compilation or anthology of articles of abuse of power in Indonesia that have been published in international journals indexed by Scopus, Copernicus, and direct open access Despite its weaknesses and strengths, the substance of this book has gained recognition from scientists at the international level .

Modern Bribery Law
Modern Bribery Law

Author: Jeremy Horder

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2013-04-25

Total Pages: 383

ISBN-13: 110735496X

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The Bribery Act 2010 is the most significant reform of UK bribery law in a century. This critical analysis offers an explanation of the Act, makes comparisons with similar legislation in other jurisdictions and provides a critical commentary, from both a UK and a US perspective, on the collapse of the distinction between public and private sector bribery. Drawing on their academic and practical experience, the contributors also analyse the prospects for enforcement and the difficulties facing lawyers seeking asset recovery following the laundering of the proceeds of bribery. International perspectives are provided via comparisons with the law in Spain, Hong Kong, the USA and Italy, together with broader analysis of the application of the law in relation to EU anti-corruption initiatives, international development and the arms trade.

Corruption and the Secret of Law
Corruption and the Secret of Law

Author: Gerhard Anders

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-10-24

Total Pages: 369

ISBN-13: 1351948342

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This volume presents an anthropological perspective on the hidden continuities between corruption and law. The authors argue that the two opposites, corruption and law, are inextricably linked - with the possibility of the former already inscribed into the latter. Taking a critical stance towards the normative good governance agenda spearheaded by institutions such as Transparency International and the World Bank, this volume argues that by uncritically depicting corruption as an absolute evil, these anti-corruption programs disregard the close relationship that exists between corruption and state power. Addressing various aspects of a complex and ambivalent phenomenon, Corruption and the Secret of Law draws on studies from different parts of the world including Burundi, China, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico and the USA and provides a valuable resource for students, researchers and policy-makers working in this area.

"Wild Money"

Author: Emily Harwell

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 86

ISBN-13:

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"Indonesia has one of the world's largest remaining forest areas, with exports from its lucrative timber sector valued at US$6.6 billion in 2007, second only to Brazil and more than all African and Central American nations combined. But in recent years almost half of all Indonesian timber has been logged illegally, at a staggering cost to the Indonesian economy and public welfare. Between 2003 and 2006, the losses due to illegal logging, corruption, and mismanagement totaled nearly $2 billion annually. 'Wild Money' documents an often-overlooked toll of this destruction, the widespread spillover effects of forestry sector corruption on governance and human rights. The individuals responsible for the losses are rarely held accountable, in part because some officials in both law enforcement and the judiciary are also deeply corrupted by illegal logging interests. This impunity undermines respect for human rights. Indonesian citizens living closest to the forests have borne the brunt of unbridled forest destruction, and these communities remain locked in poverty without basic services. Funds that could be going to improve public welfare and meet Indonesia's obligations to realize its citizen's economic and social rights are instead being siphoned off to enrich a handful of individuals. In the province of West Kalimantan, funds lost to illegal logging and forest sector corruption in recent years have been some fifty times the annual provincial health budget. 'Wild Money' calls on Indonesian officials to reduce illegal logging by standing fully behind and strengthening the national Anti-Corruption Commission, better enforcing forestry, anti-corruption, and anti-money laundering laws, and ensuring that funds desperately needed to improve services such as healthcare are collected and allocated for that purpose."--P. [4] of cover.

'Unlawfulness' and Corruption Under Indonesian Law
'Unlawfulness' and Corruption Under Indonesian Law

Author: Simon Butt

Publisher:

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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The Indonesian Anti-Corruption Commission (Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi, or KPK) and Anti-Corruption Court (Pengadilan Tindak Pidana Korupsi, or Tipikor Court), both established in 2003 and reputedly corruption-free, have been making steady progress in the investigation, prosecution and conviction of those involved in corruption. The KPK has successfully investigated and prosecuted a variety of officials, ranging from mid-level prosecutors and senior civil servants to provincial governors and even national parliamentarians. The Anti-Corruption Court, part of Indonesia's general courts but with three non-career judges on each five-member panel, had, at time of writing, heard over 100 corruption cases and had maintained a 100% conviction rate. These are significant achievements in a country which has been traditionally considered to have some of the world's most corrupt institutions - including those institutions entrusted with enforcing the law. However, the future success of this drive appears to be in jeopardy, largely because decisions of Indonesia's Constitutional Court have cast doubt upon, and even invalidated, aspects of Indonesia's purpose-built legal framework for handling corruption cases. This article discuses some of the Constitutional Court decisions.