<![CDATA[The concept of social engineering which is the main idea of Pound's law, emerged as a response to the unresponsiveness of the theory of legal positivism and the common law approach to social change. law as a tool of social engineering and social control which means that law is a tool of renewal in society. In this case, law is expected to play a role in changing social values in society. The important objectives of this study are, 1) The Function of Law as a Tool of Social Engineering, 2) Application of social engineering theory in Indonesia. The research method used is library research. The data sources used come from various references such as legislation, legal provisions, court decisions, books and articles related to Roscoe Pound's theory of legal functions. Data analysis is carried out descriptively analytically. The results of data tracing using this method, researchers collect data that will be used in reviewing and completing all parts of the data in the research being analyzed. Then mark the important data and record it, then select it according to the needs and those related to this research. After the data is collected, the approach used in analyzing the various problems needed is a legal approach, namely by grouping and reviewing data in the form of Roscoe's social engineering legal function theory applied in several laws and regulations in Indonesia. The results of this study are that law as a tool for social engineering as has been applied in Indonesia has actually accommodated the interests of the community itself, this can be seen from the various laws and regulations that have been made. The use of law as social engineering can be achieved through laws and regulations and also court decisions.]]>
