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Civil Law in Market Governance: Legal Instruments, Economic Policy, and State Power Shohib Muslim
Leges Privatae Vol. 2 No. 4 (2025): DECEMBER-JOY
Publisher : PT. Anagata Sembagi Education

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62872/mdad4f26

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Modern market governance is no longer shaped solely by free market mechanisms but increasingly relies on state intervention through legally institutionalized economic policies. In this context, civil law—particularly through contracts, property rights, and civil liability—has become a strategic instrument for directing market behavior. This development generates normative ambiguity in positive law concerning the boundary between civil law as private law and as a tool of market governance, the legitimacy of using private law instruments to implement economic policy, and the relationship between freedom of contract and public interest–based economic regulation. Employing normative legal research with statute, conceptual, and case approaches, this article examines the role of civil law in market governance and the juridical implications of state intervention through private law instruments. The analysis demonstrates that unstructured instrumentalization of civil law undermines legal certainty and private autonomy while obscuring the limits of state power. This article argues for a normative reconstruction that positions civil law as a limited instrument of economic policy, grounded in conditional private autonomy, proportionality, and accountability, in order to balance economic efficiency, legal certainty, and social justice within market regulation.
Civil Law and Social Inequality: A Politics of Legal Protection Perspective Shohib Muslim
Leges Privatae Vol. 2 No. 4 (2025): DECEMBER-JOY
Publisher : PT. Anagata Sembagi Education

Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62872/5x64ag20

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Civil law is normatively constructed on the assumption of formal equality among legal subjects. In social reality, however, civil law relations frequently operate within conditions of structural inequality arising from disparities in economic power, access to information, and bargaining position. The state responds to such inequalities through regulatory interventions framed as legal protection. This article examines the role of civil law in addressing social inequality from a legal protection politics perspective. Employing normative legal research with statute, conceptual, and case approaches, this study identifies normative ambiguity in civil law concerning the criteria for identifying protected weak parties, the boundary between legal protection and restrictions on private autonomy, and inconsistencies between the Civil Code and social-economic protection legislation. The findings demonstrate that such ambiguity renders civil law protection selective and often ineffective in correcting social inequality. This article argues for a normative reconstruction that positions civil law as a constitutional instrument for correcting social inequality, treating private autonomy as a conditional principle subject to substantive and distributive justice considerations.
Customary Court Authority in Resolving Minor Violations: A National Legal Perspective Shohib Muslim
Journal of Adat Recht Vol. 2 No. 4 (2025): NOVEMBER-JOAR
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Show Abstract | Download Original | Original Source | Check in Google Scholar | DOI: 10.62872/twwm4p94

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This study analyzes the authority of customary courts in resolving minor violations within Indonesia’s national criminal law framework using a normative juridical approach. Findings show that customary courts apply restorative justice through reconciliation, apology rituals, and compensation based on community deliberation, resulting in higher conflict resolution effectiveness and reduced recidivism. However, the national legal system places customary authority in a subordinate position because customary settlements are considered valid only when aligned with state law and approved by law enforcement actors. This creates structural asymmetry where customary mechanisms are culturally successful but legally constrained. The study concludes that harmonization is necessary by granting customary courts primary jurisdiction over minor violations while ensuring procedural safeguards and supervisory oversight from state courts. Such integration would reduce courtroom congestion, strengthen access to justice, and preserve cultural identity within national criminal law development.