Theory and method Socio-legal studies in the UK, which provides the context of the discussions here, in chapter 1 and in the final section of the book, has grown mainly out of law schools' interest in promoting interdisciplinary studies of law. Whether socio-legal studies is regarded as an emerging discipline, sub- discipline or a methodological approach, it is often viewed in the light of its…
Law has a complex relationship to the phenomenon of change, it is an instrument, a cause and an inhibitor of change. The law has both effected and been affected by extraordinary changes, particularly in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. This interdisciplinary collection addresses, from a range of perspectives, the theme of 'changing law'. The essays cover historical and cont…
Sebagaimana negara-negara berkembang lainnya, pemerintah Indonesia terus bergulat untuk memperbaiki pengelolaan sumberdaya hutan yang kemampuannya terus menurun. Terlepas dari upaya-upaya pemerintah tersebut, Indonesia masih menghadapi masalah-masalah nyata menyangkut ekosistem hutan primer dan sekunder yang berada di bawah ancaman luar biasa baik oleh industri maupun masyarakat setempat. Kawas…
Realitas sosial yang dialami oleh mayoritas rakyat Indonesia selama ini adalah realitas ketidak-merataan dan ketidak-adilan yang secara konkret terwujud, antara lain sebagai proses-proses dan struktur-struktur yang menjauhkan rekyat dari pemenuhan hak-hak dasarnya.
'Is it such a strange wish that the legislature would also respect the natural, thus the adat criminal law, and, where it is identified as being alive and actual, let it honestly take its place not only in the native administration of justice, (...) but also in the Criminal Code?"
Considering the extensive violations of human rights in all parts of the world, the relativist position claiming that the ideals they incarnate are only relevant to the Western world seems doubtful. In any case, the Indian state has made commendable efforts in order to achieve the ideals of human rights in India and thus they have become part of the Indian reality. At the same time, the approac…
When the communist world began its collapse in the late 1980s and the post-Cold War period opened, newly democratic nations, some with vibrant histories of democracy, others ruled only by tyrants, and a few enjoying the promise of new nationhood, looked to the democracies, especially the United States, for help in creating democratic institutions and the complex foundation of a citizenry of dem…
Buku ini membahas tentang ilmu hukum, termasuk objek kajian ilmu hukum yaitu hukum sebagai fenomena sosial, tujuan mempelajari hukum, konsep-konsep hukum seperti masyarakat dan ketertiban sosial, hukum sebagai peraturan, beberapa konsep hukum seperti hak dan kewajiban, penguasaan, pemilikan, tentang orang, serta pembedaan bidang-bidang hukum seperti hukum