Kedudukan Hak Gugat Terhadap Putusan Lembaga Peradilan Adat

Salman Alfarisi

Abstract


Indonesia and the Philippines both grant constitutional recognition to customary courts, yet neither regulates a losing party's right to sue in formal courts after a customary ruling. This normative legal study compares legal standing to sue after decisions of Bali's Kerta Desa and the Philippines' Katarungang Pambarangay, using statutory, conceptual, case, and comparative approaches under Griffiths' Legal Pluralism Theory, examining the Sampalan land dispute in Bali and Sps. Belvis v. Sps. Erola in the Philippines. Findings show both mechanisms fall under weak legal pluralism, yet differ: Bali's ambiguity stems from the unsettled status of customary villages, while the Philippines treats non-compliance with the Certificate to File Action as a curable procedural defect, not a legal bar. Institutional structure, philosophy, and enforcement diverge. The study concludes that Griffiths' weak-strong classification is too narrow to capture these differences, and recommends Bali adopt similar procedural certification and case-monitoring infrastructure without abandoning its philosophy.

Keywords


Legal Pluralism; Customary Court; Kerta Desa; Katarungang Pambarangay; Right to Sue.

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