Legal Literacy - Civil law is an important branch of law in the legal system in Indonesia. In this article, we will discuss the definition of civil law, its important aspects, and how civil law applies in Indonesia.

Definition of Civil Law

Civil law is the set of legal rules that govern relationships between individuals or legal entities in terms of their personal interests. Civil law covers various aspects of daily life, such as contracts, agreements, property ownership, inheritance, and legal responsibility.

Here are some definitions of civil law according to experts:1

  1. Prof. Subekti, S.H.: Civil law in the broad sense includes all material private law, namely all basic laws that regulate individual interests.
  2. Prof. Soediman Kartodirdjo: Civil law is the entirety of legal regulations that govern legal relations between one person and another, with an emphasis on the role and position of humans as legal subjects.
  3. R. Subekti: Civil law is the law that regulates relations between humans in daily life that are of a civil nature.
  4. Dr. J.C. Van Oven: Civil law is the entirety of legal regulations that govern legal relations between people that are of a material (zakelijk) and personal (persoonlijk) nature that are not included in constitutional law, criminal law, and commercial law.

Important Aspects of Civil Law

Civil law has several important aspects…