News • 21 Mar 2024

Anies-Muhaimin Challenges Election Results to the Constitutional Court

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Anies Baswedan-Muhaimin Iskandar, presidential and vice-presidential candidate pair number 1, filed a challenge against the election results to the Constitutional Court.

Opinion • 21 Jun 2025

Laws and Formalistic Legal Pitfalls

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…ering procedurally valid, but lacking justice. This article reviews the dangers of the approach law formalistic and the importance of reform.

Opinion • 29 Dec 2025

Direct Regional Elections vs. DPRD: Assessing the Quality of Local Democracy

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Examining direct regional elections and those through the DPRD from the perspective of people's sovereignty, the state's fiscal burden, and the quality of local democracy.

Opinion • 05 Jan 2026

KUHP and KUHAP: Human Rights at the Crossroads of State Power

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This article reviews human rights as a limit to state power amidst the reform of the Criminal Code and Criminal Procedure Code which expands the discretion of officials and threatens civil liberties.

Opinion • 11 Mar 2026

Writing Degrees Without a Diploma: Prestige or Legal Risk?

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The use of academic titles without a diploma can have consequences law. Consider the basis law and criminal risks according to the Criminal Code and the Higher Education Law.

News • 11 Jun 2024

Constitutional Court Decision: Re-voting at TPS 07 and TPS 18, Malawele Village, Aimas District, Sorong Regency, Southwest Papua

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The Constitutional Court decided to grant the petition in Case Number 05-01-12-38/PHPU.DPR-DPRD-XXII/2024 submitted by the National Mandate Party (PAN) regarding the filling of prospective members of legis...

Legal Materials • 28 Jul 2025

A New Chapter in Indonesian Democracy: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Constitutional Court Decision that Dismantles the Presidential Threshold

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Literacy Law - Decision Number 62/PUU-XXII/2024, the Constitutional Court surprisingly eliminated the presidential threshold regime that has been firmly established for...

Opinion • 02 May 2025

From Tariffs to Tribunals: Examining China's Retaliation in the Global Trade War

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The trade war between the United States and the People's Republic of China since 2018 has become one of the largest economic conflicts of the 21st century

Opinion • 24 Dec 2025

Mahfud MD: Polri Civil Positions Must Be Regulated by Law, Not Perpol

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…civil service positions must be regulated by Law, not Perpol, in order to maintain hierarchy and certainty law.

Opinion • 15 Mar 2026

When Criticism and Defense Are Both Claimed to Be Democratic

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In recent years, the public sphere has been filled with increasingly fierce debates between government critics and defenders.