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Multiple Authorisation: The Legal Complexity Of Desentralisasi In Indonesia And The Potential Contribution Of Iias In Reducing Confusion, Michael Ewing-Chow, Junianto James Losari Dec 2015

Multiple Authorisation: The Legal Complexity Of Desentralisasi In Indonesia And The Potential Contribution Of Iias In Reducing Confusion, Michael Ewing-Chow, Junianto James Losari

Indonesia Law Review

Decentralisation system in Indonesia was introduced after the fall of the former President Soeharto with the objective of ensuring good governance and equitable development across all regions in the country. Unfortunately, the implementation of desentralisasi has been complicated. Some scholars have suggested that the model was flawed as it did not consider Indonesia’s context of less developed administrative institutions in the regions. Not only did desentralisasi cause headaches for the government, it also created confusion for foreign investors. Consequently, it affects the investment climate in the country and undermines the perception of Indonesia as an attractive place to invest in. …


Implementation Of Mandatory Enterprise Registration (Wdp) Following The Effectiveness Of Law No. 40 Year 2007 Concerning Limited Liability Companies In The Era Of Regional Autonomy, Ari Wahyudi Hertanto Aug 2014

Implementation Of Mandatory Enterprise Registration (Wdp) Following The Effectiveness Of Law No. 40 Year 2007 Concerning Limited Liability Companies In The Era Of Regional Autonomy, Ari Wahyudi Hertanto

Indonesia Law Review

Implementation of company registration shall be constrained because of differences in the interpretation of the meaning of the provisions of Article 29 of Law No. 40 of 2007 on Limited Liability Company, which determines that the registration of the company held by the Ministry of Justice and Human Rights. The provisions of Article 29 is interpreted by many practitioners as lex specialis of Act 3 of 1982 regarding Company Registration Requirement. The reality is not so. Company registration remains to be done pursuant to Act 3 of 1982. There are no provisions that override or cancel that Act 3 of …


Minority Shareholders’ Protection In The Indonesian Capital Market, Apri Sya'bani Apr 2014

Minority Shareholders’ Protection In The Indonesian Capital Market, Apri Sya'bani

Indonesia Law Review

This paper explores the regulatory reform in Indonesia corporate governance along with capital market regulatory framework which has continuously been conducted in response to enhance minority shareholders’ protection and the implementation of corporate governance in public listed companies, particularly in protecting minority shareholder right through three short cases studies. The three cases analysed in this paper show that the implementation of corporate governance in public listed companies is still weak, resulting from the lack of awareness of how to implement corporate governance by the public listed companies, the opportunistic behaviour of public listed companies using loopholes in the regulations to …


Execution Of Fiduciary Guarantee Under Law No. 42 Of 1999 On Fiduciary Guarantee (A Socio-Juridical Analysis To Anticipate Its Effectiveness), Arie S. Hutagalung Dec 2013

Execution Of Fiduciary Guarantee Under Law No. 42 Of 1999 On Fiduciary Guarantee (A Socio-Juridical Analysis To Anticipate Its Effectiveness), Arie S. Hutagalung

Indonesia Law Review

Fiduciary Guarantee (Fiduciary Law) which approved by the House of Representatives of the Republic of Indonesia (DPR RI) on September 9, 1999 has accommodate the public needs to help business activities and to provide legal certainty to the interested parties. With the increase in the development activities and the needs for funding, a majority of funds are needed to meet the lending and borrowing activities that require protection for the lender and the borrower through a guarantee institution that can provide legal certainty and protection to the lender or the borrower. Viewed from the current lending practices, there is a …


Social Engineering Through Shari’A: Islamic Law And State-Directed Da’Wa In Contemporary Aceh, R. Michael Feener Dec 2013

Social Engineering Through Shari’A: Islamic Law And State-Directed Da’Wa In Contemporary Aceh, R. Michael Feener

Indonesia Law Review

This study of the contemporary Islamic legal system in Aceh, Indonesia argues for new attention to be paid to the ways in which contemporary Muslim agendas for the implementation of Islamic law can be read as projects for future oriented social transformation—rather than as a series of reactive measures to perceived ‘crises of modernity’ and/or the political machinations of rival elites in contesting control of state power. In doing so it highlights the ways in which the ideals of, and institutional formations developed by, proponents of Islamic law are configured in relation to a broad range of non-Muslim modernist projects, …


Imposition Of Antidumping Duty (Bamd) Towards China’S Cold Rolled Coil/ Sheet (Crc/S) Products, Lila Pratiwi Aug 2013

Imposition Of Antidumping Duty (Bamd) Towards China’S Cold Rolled Coil/ Sheet (Crc/S) Products, Lila Pratiwi

Indonesia Law Review

Steel industry is a strategic sector in the economy of a country. Steel industry in Indonesia has not been able to fulfill their domestic demand that is still necessary to import steel product. However, many of these imported products are sold at dumping prices, especially those from china giving rise to unfair trade. One of trade remedy measures as a result of unfair trade remedies can recover trough the imposition of antidumping duty. In 2013, Indonesia imposes antidumping duty for Cold Rolled Coil/ Sheet (CRC/S) from China and other countries. Imposition of antidumping duty will be analyzed descriptively with the …


Assessing The Legal Status Of Limited Partnership (Cv), Binoto Nadapdap Apr 2013

Assessing The Legal Status Of Limited Partnership (Cv), Binoto Nadapdap

Indonesia Law Review

Business actors can choose various kinds of business entities to run their business. The law gives business actors the freedom to decide which business entity to use as a vehicle for their business activities. From a multitude of businesses, essentially there are three forms, which are: individual proprietorship, partnership and limited liability company. Additionally, there are some that have the opinion that there are two categories of companies: companies that are legal entities and those which are not legal entities.


Determining Quorum Of Attendance And Decision Making In The General Meeting Of Shareholders Based On Court Stipulation Due To The Neglectful Absence Of The Majority Foreign Shareholder In A Joint Venture Company (A Foreign Capital Investment Analysis, Ari Wahyudi Hertanto Dec 2012

Determining Quorum Of Attendance And Decision Making In The General Meeting Of Shareholders Based On Court Stipulation Due To The Neglectful Absence Of The Majority Foreign Shareholder In A Joint Venture Company (A Foreign Capital Investment Analysis, Ari Wahyudi Hertanto

Indonesia Law Review

The General Meeting of Shareholders (GMS) is one of the company’s organs with the significant role of determining the business course and other issues related to corporate actions; as it is granted by law to the shareholders of the company. Any decision can be made in the GMS; such as determining the shareholders’ unanimous concurrence on the proposed meeting agenda or even if the results of the meeting are actually contrary to such agenda caused by dissenting among themselves. However, the GMS can also pose certain obstacles in situations where one or more shareholders (that appear to be a majority …


Contract Law In A Comparative Perspective, Suharnoko Suharnoko Aug 2012

Contract Law In A Comparative Perspective, Suharnoko Suharnoko

Indonesia Law Review

Media reports on cases of the theft of pre-paid pulses taking place nowadays have created a misunderstanding in terms of the appropriate application of criminal law. In the context of existing legal provisions concerning consumer protection as set forth both under the Consumer Protection Law as well as in part under the Telecommunications Law, law enforcement agencies are leaning towards applying general criminal provisions (theft) which, after a careful observation of the Indonesian Criminal Code, in fact do not extend to corporate criminal acts. This paper purports to explain that the currently occurring cases of the theft of pre-paid pulses …


On Land (Wealth) Distribution: A Cultural Approach To Justice In Indonesia, Suparjo Suparjo Dec 2011

On Land (Wealth) Distribution: A Cultural Approach To Justice In Indonesia, Suparjo Suparjo

Indonesia Law Review

This article re-examines the Indonesian land distribution policy in light of Pancasila , the five core values of the Indonesian constitution. Furthermore, the article also analyzes social problems in Indonesia from the legal and cultural point of view. Inspired by Javanese shadow puppet plays and Pancasila values, analysis shows that that land distribution policy in Indonesia does not support the goal of the country. The policy does not adhere to Pancasila values and the cultural values adopted by the Indonesian people. Hence I will try to give a recommendation for better regulation in land distribution. Evidences will be given to …


State Administrative Legal Review On The Bill Of Retraction Law Of Corrupted Assets In Eradication Effort Of Corruption In Indonesia, Dian Puji Simatupang Dec 2011

State Administrative Legal Review On The Bill Of Retraction Law Of Corrupted Assets In Eradication Effort Of Corruption In Indonesia, Dian Puji Simatupang

Indonesia Law Review

Since eradicating corruption having been continously encouraged by late governments – and until now – , there would not be less important as to retracting the corrupted assets. There are many aspects to be considered in doing such action, such as manifesting the legal aspects of administrative law, and so other applied national regulations. By these regulations, such as Law No. 7 of 2006 on Ratification of United Nations Convention against Corruption, 2003 (Konvensi Perserikatan Bangsa Bangsa Anti-Korupsi, 2003), Law Number 25 of 2003 On Amendment to Law Number 15 of 2002 on Money Laundering, Act 30 of 2002 on …


Article 27 Of Competition Law And What Lies Beneath, Perdana A. Saputro Dec 2011

Article 27 Of Competition Law And What Lies Beneath, Perdana A. Saputro

Indonesia Law Review

This article discuss about Article 27 of Law No. 5 Year 1999 on the Restriction of Monopoly Practices and Unfair Business Practices (“Competition Law”). One may wonder the rigorousness to the application of Article 27 which arguably could ban any merger which meets market test without conducting any competitive assessment. For this, the law has been presumed that the acquisition or controlling of large market share from merger is per se illegality. Further, the effects of Article 27 would be discussed in this paper. A merger review itself is not an easy task and tends to bring complex issues that …


Patent, Technology, And The Role Of University, Agus Sardjono Apr 2011

Patent, Technology, And The Role Of University, Agus Sardjono

Indonesia Law Review

University has significant contribution to the development of nanotechnology. The role of university can be implemented through the TTLO, particularly in an effort to build a bridge for bottom-up nanotechnology for commercial purposes. There will be an increasingly significant link between the patent system and the university role in the development of nanotechnology.


Mandatory Corporate Social And Environment Responsibilities In The New Indonesian Limited Liability Law, Yu Un Opposunggu Apr 2011

Mandatory Corporate Social And Environment Responsibilities In The New Indonesian Limited Liability Law, Yu Un Opposunggu

Indonesia Law Review

On 16 August 2007 President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono signed the Bill of Limited Liability Company, as approved by the Parliament, and consequently it became the Law No. 40 of Year 2007 regarding Limited Liability Company. The law revokes the then existing Law No. 1 of Year 1995. This law has 14 chapters and 161 articles, and introduces new provision on, inter alia, corporate social and environmental responsibilities (CSER). The legislators have specifically dedicated Chapter V and its Article 74 to this effect. CSER is defined as commitment of the Company to participate in sustainable economic development with the intention of …