Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of Pancasila

The government is trying to reform national law in the field of criminal law by drafting a Criminal Code Bill (RUU KUHP) to replace Wetboek van Strafrecht. The culmination of this preparation was the promulgation of the Criminal Code Bill on January 2, 2023, through Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the...

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Main Authors: Aris Hardinanto, Barda Nawawi Arief, Joko Setiyono, Zico Junius Fernando, Nahdiya Sabrina
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Published: Universitas Negeri Semarang 2024-10-01
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Online Access:https://journal.unnes.ac.id/journals/jllr/article/view/13923
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author Aris Hardinanto
Barda Nawawi Arief
Joko Setiyono
Zico Junius Fernando
Nahdiya Sabrina
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description The government is trying to reform national law in the field of criminal law by drafting a Criminal Code Bill (RUU KUHP) to replace Wetboek van Strafrecht. The culmination of this preparation was the promulgation of the Criminal Code Bill on January 2, 2023, through Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code (KUHP). However, there are not many articles that discuss the process and critical analysis of living law formulation as stated in the provisions of Article 2 of the Criminal Code and their explanations. The research method used was legal research with statute, historical, comparative legal, and conceptual approaches. The results of this research conclude that the living laws are formulated inconsistently in terms of scientific substance. In order to make this formulation can realize justice based on Pancasila, it can be achieved in several ways. First, there is a need to reinterpret living legal concepts by involving experts in customary law, legal anthropology, legal sociology, and interdisciplinary legal researchers. Second, redefining the meaning of law that lives within the body of the Criminal Code is not limited to customary law, especially the principle of legality, but also includes customary law and traditional laws in traditional societies. Third, formulating formal law/criminal procedural law as the enforcer of material criminal law/National Criminal Code by re-establishing and recognizing customary courts in the Indonesian criminal justice system whose application in society is to realize the fifth principle of social justice for all Indonesian people from Pancasila.
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spelling doaj-art-1c9b56246ea641f5a83089d2a81fc2682025-08-20T02:39:58ZengUniversitas Negeri SemarangJournal of Law and Legal Reform2715-09412715-09682024-10-015310.15294/jllr.v5i3.1392313939Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of PancasilaAris Hardinanto0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5279-0073Barda Nawawi Arief1Joko Setiyono2https://orcid.org/0009-0005-6568-7506Zico Junius Fernando3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7285-2147Nahdiya Sabrina4Faculty of Law, Universitas TrunojoyoFaculty of Law, Universitas DiponegoroFaculty of Law, Universitas DiponegoroFaculty of Law, Universitas BengkuluFaculty of Law, Universitas Merdeka Malang The government is trying to reform national law in the field of criminal law by drafting a Criminal Code Bill (RUU KUHP) to replace Wetboek van Strafrecht. The culmination of this preparation was the promulgation of the Criminal Code Bill on January 2, 2023, through Law No. 1 of 2023 concerning the Criminal Code (KUHP). However, there are not many articles that discuss the process and critical analysis of living law formulation as stated in the provisions of Article 2 of the Criminal Code and their explanations. The research method used was legal research with statute, historical, comparative legal, and conceptual approaches. The results of this research conclude that the living laws are formulated inconsistently in terms of scientific substance. In order to make this formulation can realize justice based on Pancasila, it can be achieved in several ways. First, there is a need to reinterpret living legal concepts by involving experts in customary law, legal anthropology, legal sociology, and interdisciplinary legal researchers. Second, redefining the meaning of law that lives within the body of the Criminal Code is not limited to customary law, especially the principle of legality, but also includes customary law and traditional laws in traditional societies. Third, formulating formal law/criminal procedural law as the enforcer of material criminal law/National Criminal Code by re-establishing and recognizing customary courts in the Indonesian criminal justice system whose application in society is to realize the fifth principle of social justice for all Indonesian people from Pancasila. https://journal.unnes.ac.id/journals/jllr/article/view/13923Criminal CodeLiving LawCustomary Criminal Law
spellingShingle Aris Hardinanto
Barda Nawawi Arief
Joko Setiyono
Zico Junius Fernando
Nahdiya Sabrina
Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of Pancasila
Journal of Law and Legal Reform
Criminal Code
Living Law
Customary Criminal Law
title Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of Pancasila
title_full Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of Pancasila
title_fullStr Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of Pancasila
title_full_unstemmed Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of Pancasila
title_short Critical Analysis of Living Law Formulation in Law No. 1 of 2023 Concerning the Criminal Code: Towards Law Reform to Realize Justice with the Spirit of Pancasila
title_sort critical analysis of living law formulation in law no 1 of 2023 concerning the criminal code towards law reform to realize justice with the spirit of pancasila
topic Criminal Code
Living Law
Customary Criminal Law
url https://journal.unnes.ac.id/journals/jllr/article/view/13923
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