<![CDATA[This study examines how restorative justice is constructed as a form of judicial politics in Supreme Court Decision No. 1600 K/Pid/2009 and how the Court’s judicial reasoning contributed to a shift in the orientation of criminal justice. It aims to analyze the Court’s legal reasoning in reconciling legal certainty with substantive justice through a restorative approach. This study employs a normative juridical method using case, statutory, and conceptual approaches, supported by library research and analyzed through qualitative-descriptive analysis. Restorative justice and judicial politics theories are employed to examine the role of judicial power in shaping legal meaning. The findings demonstrate that the Supreme Court constructed restorative justice through the restoration of balance, victim forgiveness, reconciliation, and the benefits of resolving the dispute, thereby demonstrating a shift from formalistic punishment toward substantive justice and the restoration of social relations. ]]>
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