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Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia discusses the ongoing debates over the meaning, implementation, and practice of constitutional democracy in Indonesia. Current legal issues are analysed in light of social, political, and economic reforms since the constitution's entering into force.
List of contents
- List of Indonesian Abbreviations
- List of Contributors
- 1: The Limits of Transformational Authoritarian Constitutions: The Indonesian Experience
- Melissa Crouch
- PART 1. LEGAL AND POLITICAL FOUNDATIONS AND INSTITUTIONS
- 2: The Consequences of Halfway Constitutional Reform: Problems of Lawmaking in Indonesia's Parliament
- Stephen Sherlock
- 3: Defending the Constitution, But Which One? The Indonesian Military, Constitutional Change, and Political Contestation, 1945-2020
- Marcus Mietzner
- 4: Between Upholding the Rule of Law and Maintaining Security: Criminal Justice Actors in Indonesia's Constitution
- Fachrizal Afandi and Adriaan Bedner
- 5: Striking the Right Balance: Winding Back Indonesia's 'Big Bang' Decentralization
- Rachael Diprose
- 6: Building Walls Rather than Bridges: The Judicial Commission vs the Supreme Court in Indonesia
- Dian Rositawati
- 7: The Constitutional and Legislative Foundations of Indonesia's Electoral Regime
- Adhy Aman and Dirk Tomsa
- 8: Election Supervision in Indonesia: Options for Reforming the General Election Supervisory Agency
- Fritz Siregar
- PART 2. THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT AND RIGHTS
- 9: Making Social Rights Real? The 1945 Constitution and Social Rights Litigation in Indonesia
- Andrew Rosser
- 10: Indigeneity in the Indonesian Constitution
- Yance Arizona
- 11: The Indonesian Constitutional Court and Informal Constitutional Change
- Stefanus Hendrianto
- 12: The Constitutionalization of 'Religious Values' in Indonesia
- Ahmad Rofii and Nadirsyah Hosen
- 13: LGBT Rights and the Constitutional Court: Protecting Rights without Recognizing them?
- Abdurrachman Satrio
- 14: Legal Certainty in the Indonesian Constitutional Court: A Critique and Friendly Suggestion
- Mark Cammack
- Index
About the author
Melissa Crouch is Professor at the Faculty of Law & Justice at the University of New South Wales, Australia. Her research is in the areas of comparative constitutional law, law and society, and law and religion. She is the author of two books: The Constitution of Myanmar: A Contextual Analysis (2019) and Law and Religion in Indonesia: Conflict and the Courts in West Java (2014). Her current research focuses on constitutional change in authoritarian regimes.
Summary
Constitutional Democracy in Indonesia discusses the ongoing debates over the meaning, implementation, and practice of constitutional democracy in Indonesia. Current legal issues are analysed in light of social, political, and economic reforms since the constitution's entering into force.
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This is a timely publication. Not only does it serve as a useful update on scholarship about Indonesian democracy, but it arrives just before the February 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections. It will grace the library of any scholar, or anybody else, with an interest in contemporary Indonesia.
