The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs

The paper attempts to assess the role of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in the process of consolidating democracy in the country. Examinations are made on the court’s decisions regarding dispute concerning jurisdiction among state organs. This paper argues that the Constitutional Court has n...

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Main Authors: Satriawan, Iwan, Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
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Language:English
Published: Hasanuddin University 2019
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spelling iium-740622019-09-12T08:05:57Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/74062/ The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs Satriawan, Iwan Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin K Law (General) The paper attempts to assess the role of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in the process of consolidating democracy in the country. Examinations are made on the court’s decisions regarding dispute concerning jurisdiction among state organs. This paper argues that the Constitutional Court has not made a significant impact on the promotion of democracy. It is believed that the failure of the Court to consolidate democracy through its decisions regarding dispute concerning jurisdiction among state organs could be attributed to two main reasons. The first is due to the unclear concept of subjectum litis of the petitioners to have legal standing in the Constitutional Court, and the second is the lack of understanding of the subject matter jurisdiction of the Court. Due to uncertainties only, small numbers cases registered and heard by the Constitutional Court. Furthermore, most of the cases registered in the Court either been rejected or not been accepted by the judges. Despite the misgivings, the Court is still relevant and have certain contributions towards democracy. It has to a certain extent that enhances the working of checks and balances mechanisms among state organs. It is believed that the court could be more reliable and enhance its function in promoting democracy in the country by defining clearly classification of the subjectum litis as well as the objectum litis of the dispute that it may hear. Hasanuddin University 2019-08 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/74062/1/1669-3986-2-PB.pdf Satriawan, Iwan and Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin (2019) The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs. Hasanudin Law Review, 5 (2). pp. 159-179. ISSN 2442-9880 E-ISSN 2442-9899 http://pasca.unhas.ac.id/ojs/index.php/halrev/index 10.20956/halrev.v5i2.1669
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The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs
description The paper attempts to assess the role of the Constitutional Court of Indonesia in the process of consolidating democracy in the country. Examinations are made on the court’s decisions regarding dispute concerning jurisdiction among state organs. This paper argues that the Constitutional Court has not made a significant impact on the promotion of democracy. It is believed that the failure of the Court to consolidate democracy through its decisions regarding dispute concerning jurisdiction among state organs could be attributed to two main reasons. The first is due to the unclear concept of subjectum litis of the petitioners to have legal standing in the Constitutional Court, and the second is the lack of understanding of the subject matter jurisdiction of the Court. Due to uncertainties only, small numbers cases registered and heard by the Constitutional Court. Furthermore, most of the cases registered in the Court either been rejected or not been accepted by the judges. Despite the misgivings, the Court is still relevant and have certain contributions towards democracy. It has to a certain extent that enhances the working of checks and balances mechanisms among state organs. It is believed that the court could be more reliable and enhance its function in promoting democracy in the country by defining clearly classification of the subjectum litis as well as the objectum litis of the dispute that it may hear.
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author Satriawan, Iwan
Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
author_facet Satriawan, Iwan
Mokhtar, Khairil Azmin
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title The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs
title_short The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs
title_full The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs
title_fullStr The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs
title_full_unstemmed The role of Indonesian Constitutional Court in resolving disputes among the state organs
title_sort role of indonesian constitutional court in resolving disputes among the state organs
publisher Hasanuddin University
publishDate 2019
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/74062/
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