Ius Poenale
Vol. 6 No. 1 (2025): Issue In progress (January 2025)

The Harm Principle as a Basis for the Criminalization of Match Fixing in Football Competitions

Rusdiana, Emmilia (Unknown)
Madjid, Abdul (Unknown)
Istiqomah, Milda (Unknown)



Article Info

Publish Date
06 Oct 2025

Abstract

The credibility of football has been repeatedly questioned due to allegations of bribery and related violations, as reflected in judicial decisions such as Case No. 51/Pid.Sus/2019/PN.Bnr, which established bribery as the initial act in match fixing. This study, employing normative legal research with legislative and conceptual approaches and analyzed through philosophical interpretation, examines match fixing through the principle of loss as the basis for its criminalization. The findings show that bribery constitutes a mala in se offense, inherently wrongful in nature, and that the principle of loss satisfies the indicators of criminalization by recognizing both material and immaterial harm to society. These results confirm that bribery, with identifiable victims in the community, underlies the complexity of match fixing and provide new insights to raise public awareness..

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Journal Info

Abbrev

ip

Publisher

Subject

Law, Crime, Criminology & Criminal Justice Social Sciences

Description

Ius Poenale is an international journal based in Lampung, Indonesia that is issued by the Faculty of Law-Universitas Lampung and aims to yield access to research to motivate studies and knowledge evolution. Ius Poenale is a medium of communication and the development of criminal law that covers on ...