The Development Region III of Grime (the indigenous Dumutru territory) in Jayapura District has a problem on indigeneous land ownership system. The development process by the local government of Dumutru territory is off target and in conflict with the structures and cultural systems in the community. The study aims to assess and to identify the rules of customary law that can be synergized with the formal legal rules. The study is conducted by the qualitative method through qualitative descriptive analysis. The analysis shows that the problems of development in the Development Region III of Grime Jayapura District are because of lack of synergy of positive and customary laws. The development process needs to refer to the formal legal regulations governing land acquisition mechanism and rules of customary law.
Copyrights © 2016