Written by:Junaidi Lubis SH., M.H.(Founder of the Barus City Legal Aid Institute)

Legal Literacy - A hedonistic lifestyle can trigger acts of violence. Lately, we have been faced with a legal event that is quite shocking, yes, it is enough to make us all stunned by the lifestyle (hedon) of a tax director general's (djp) son who committed alleged acts of violence against a child who was around 17 years old, that a hedonistic lifestyle among the upper middle class is normal, it's just that we shouldn't let that hedonistic style make us feel like we own everything and are free to take any action that can cause harm to others, especially if the actions we take can have fatal consequences for others and clearly this is an act against the law which is threatened with acts of persecution and others.

Whatever we do with a hedonistic style is fine, only with the note that there are laws that we must respect and also there are the rights of others that we cannot take away, either unintentionally or intentionally because of alleged love problems between young people.

Equality in Law

All actions we take must be directed according to legal provisions, there is no hedonism in law, that the 1945 Constitution affirms that equality before the law is in accordance with Article 27 and in Article 28 D that we receive the same treatment before the law. Furthermore, Indonesian positive law also recognizes the principle called equality before the law, which means that we are all subject to law and the same judiciary, therefore it is emphasized that whatever actions we want to take must be based on the same law and there is no difference between those who live a hedonistic lifestyle and those who live a normal lifestyle, just like the community in general.