Walisongo Law Review (Walrev)
Vol 1, No 1 (2019)

FORGIVENESS OF JUDGES: LOCAL WISDOM IN THE CONCEPT OF NATIONAL CRIMINAL LAW

Zuhri, Muhammad Fakhruddin (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2019

Abstract

Criminal law, as an instrument of guarding public order, has two functions. The first one is as general function to regulate life and to organize procedures in society. The second one is as particular function to protect legal interests from crime by giving criminal punishment as sanctions for the perpetrators. Conceptually, forgiveness of the judge emerges to modify rigid legal certainty towards flexible legal certainty. This departs from several cases that have actually fulfilled the formulation of criminal offenses, but their actions are not feasible to be sentenced. Therefore, in the concept of the National criminal law, the Draft of Criminal Code (RKUHP) makes a new formula containing local wisdoms that regulate the possibility of forgiveness of the judge to several cases that are improperly being convicted. This paper focuses on the concept of forgiveness of the judge that cannot be separated from the local wisdom values, including religious values and legal wisdoms living in society.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

walrev

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice

Description

Walisongo Law Review (Walrev) is a scientific journal published in April and October each year by the Law Studies Program at the Faculty of Sharia and Law, Universitas Islam Negeri Walisongo, Semarang. This journal has specifications as a medium of publication and communication of legal science ...