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“Country Profile: Indonesia”

This summary of Land Tenure and Property Rights (LTPR) issues in Indonesia is part of a series of LTPR Country Profiles produced for USAID. The profile includes information on property rights and tenure concerning land, forests, freshwater, and minerals, as well as an aggregation of LTPR-related...

"Access to justice for women: The role of religious courts”

This paper discusses the role of Indonesian religious courts in giving access to justice for women. It will analyze the role with the perspective of procedural and substantive justice. The discussion on access to procedural justice encompasses client service, prodeo case, and circuit court,...

Competition and Interaction between state law and customary law in the court room: A study of inheritance cases in Indonesia
Indonesian Islam: Social Change Through Contemporary Fatāwā

This study is based on approximately 2000 fatwa (plural fatawa) - an opinion on a point of law or dogma given by a person with recognised authority (ijaza) - demonstrating that classical Islamic reasoning is an alternative to state defined Islam and is capable of dealing with contemporary...

Joint titling in Nicaragua, Indonesia and Honduras: Rapid Appraisal Synthesis
Numerous titling and registration programs have been implemented in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe as a necessary measure to ensure the property rights of smallholders and increase their access to other production factors, particularly credit. A major criticism of titling programs...
Joint Titling in Nicaragua, Indonesia, and Honduras: Rapid Appraisal Synthesis
Numerous titling and registration programs have been implemented in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Eastern Europe as a necessary measure to ensure the property rights of smallholders and increase their access to other production factors, particularly credit. A major criticism of titling programs...
Kekerasan Berbasis Gender

This book provides a comparison between the provisions of the Indonesian Law no. 23, year 2004, on Elimination of Violence Against Women in Domestic (household or family) Environment and gender relations according to the Qur’an and Hadith. [in Indonesian]

Land inheritance and schooling in matrilineal societies: evidence from Sumatra
This paper explores statistically the implications of the shift from communal to individualized tenure on the distribution of land and schooling between sons and daughters in matrilineal societies, based on a Sumatra case study. The inheritance system is evolving from a strictly matrilineal system...
Memecah Kebisuan: Agama Mendengar Suara Perempuan Korban Kekerasan demi Keadilan (Breaking the Silence: Religions Listen to the Voice of Female Victims of Violence in the Name of Justice)

This work is the result of a collaborative effort between the National Commission for Women (Komnas Perempuan), female scholars, and religious leaders representing Islam, Catholicism, and Protestanism. The aim is to break the monopoly held by men over interpretations of holy books and to...

Muslim Law and Adat Encounter: The experience of Indonesia
While much has been written about the relation between Islamic law and customary law in Muslim countries for the most part, the literature reflects the conflict approach. To date, this methodological framework persists as most western Islamicists continue to view the encounter between the two legal...