Table of Contents

A Reformed Republic?

The Trajectory of Law Reform in Indonesia
Tim Lindsey and Mas Achmad Santosa
Constitutional Reform in Indonesia: Muddling towards Democracy
Tim Lindsey
Between State and Society: Professional Lawyers and Reform in Indonesia
Daniel S Lev
Indonesian Law Reform, or Once More into the Breach: A Brief Institutional History
David Linnan

Adat and Law in a Plural System

Positivism and Romanticism in Indonesian Legal Thought
David Bourchier
Between Crime and Custom: Extra-Marital Sex in Modern Indonesian Law
Sebastiaan Pompe Hukum Adat
Adat, Conflict and Reconciliation: The Kei Islands, Southeast Maluku
Craig Thorburn

Decentralisation and Land Law

Decentralisation and Legal Reform in Indonesia: The Pendulum Effect
Leo Schmit
Indonesian Land Law and Administration
Jude Wallace
Beyond Dualism: Land Acquisition and Law in Indonesia
Daniel Fitzpatrick
Forest and Mining Legislation in Indonesia
Carolyn Marr

Islam and Law

Polygamy and Mixed Marriage in Indonesia: Islam and the Marriage Law in the Courts
Simon Butt
Legislating Social Change in an Islamic Society: Indonesia’s Marriage Law
Mark Cammack, Lawrence A Young and Tim Heaton
Indonesian Islamic Banking in Historical and Legal Context
Abdullah Saeed
Islamic Inheritance Law in Indonesia; The Influence of Jazairin's Theory of Bilateral Interitance
Mark Cammack

Judges and Lawyers

Surat Sakti: the Decline of the Authority of Judicial Decisions in Indonesia
Simon Butt
The Importance of Private Law Doctrine in Indonesia
Gary F Bell
Indonesia’s Nation and Local Ombudsman Reforms: Salvaging a Failed Experiment?
Melissa Crouch
Measuring Up? Indonesia’s Anti-Corruption Commission and the New Corruption Agenda
Stewart Fenwick
The Bali Bombing East Timor Trials and the Aceh Human Rights Court – Retrospectivity, Impunity and Constitutionalism
Ross Clarke

Human Rights, Gender and the Law

The Legal Framework of Human Rights in Indonesia
Jeff Herbert
Gender and Law Reform in Indonesia: Overcoming Entrenched Barriers
Nursyahbani Katjasungkana
Culture, Ideology and Human Rights: The Case of Indonesia’s Code of Criminal Procedure
Daniel FitzpatrickLegal Responses to Violence in post-Soeharto Indonesia
Jemma Purdey
Labour Law and Practice in post-Soeharto Indonesia
Luke Arnold

Commercial Law and Reform

Contract and Contract Enforcement in Indonesian: An Institutional Assessment
Veronica Taylor
Commercial Law Enforcement in Indonesia: The Manulife Case
David Linnan
Intellectual Property in Indonesia: A Problematic Legal Transplant
Simon Butt
The Competition Commission: A New Kind of Player in Indonesia’s Legal System
John R Davis

Resources
Glossary
Table of Cases and DecisionsTable of Legislation
Sources
Index

Reviews

The book contains wide-ranging and incisive writings covering the grounds of Indonesian society from various angles: legal, sociological, cultural and political. The fact that Ariel Budiman, a well-known critic of the authorities, gave his imprimateur in the foreword, lends assurances to the would-be reader that the content of the book is insightful and not shying away from showing the cracks and faultlines of the landscape. The book gives the reader an encompassing picture where the complex and colourful fabric of Indonesian society is highlighted. ... The book comes with a comprehensive glossary of terminology, acronyms and abbreviations used in all its 27 chapters as well as a table of statutes and an extensive index. References and footnotes point in the right directions, readers who seek deeper knowledge into any specific field. Lindsey deserves congratulations for his efforts in gathering essays of such high quality into this volume. - Jakarta Post