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Presidential Transitions Within The Administrative State, Michael E. Herz, Katherine A. Shaw

Articles

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Some Objections To Strict Liability For Constitutional Torts, Michael Wells

Scholarly Works

Qualified immunity protects officials from damages for constitutional violations unless they have violated "clearly established" rights. Local governments enjoy no immunity, but they may not be sued on a vicarious liability theory for constitutional violations committed by their employees. Critics of the current regime would overturn these rules in order to vindicate constitutional rights and deter violations.

This Article argues that across-the-board abolition of these limits on liability would be unwise as the costs would outweigh the benefits. In some contexts, however, exceptions may be justified. Much of the recent controversy surrounding qualified immunity involves suits in which police officers …

Fraudulent Transfers And Juries: Was Granfinanciera Rightly Decided?, David G. Carlson

Articles

In 1989, the Supreme Court ruled that a third party recipient of a fraudulent conveyance had a Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial when a bankruptcy trustee brought suit for a money judgment under Bankruptcy Code section 550(a). This was because, in 1791, an English bankruptcy trustee would have brought fraudulent transfer litigation in a court of law (not a court of equity) and would have obtained a money judgment. I maintain that the Supreme Court committed the classical logical error of Quaternio Terminorum—a false analogy. The analogy was that American bankruptcy trustees are like 18th century English bankruptcy …

Political Redistricting In The Post-Rucho Era, Robert Fisch

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

In January of 2011, the infamous “Snake by the Lake” was born.2 Stretching along the southern coast of Lake Erie, the 9th Congressional District of Ohio covers a 120 mile-long thin strip of the state.3 The district is less than one mile wide at certain locations and is considered contiguous, a state constitutional requirement for congressional districts,4 only because the “snake” passes through portions of Lake Erie.5 In creating the district, the Ohio Republican Party, the majority party in the state legislature at the time, drew the boundaries with the intent to limit the voting power of the Democrats in …

Regulatory Takings: When Is Enough, Enough?, Jacqueline Kerry Heyman

Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law

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Searches By Environmental Protection Agencies: When Is A Warrant Necessary?, David Sparks

Journal of Natural Resources & Environmental Law

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Divided Court Issues Bright-Line Ruling On Fourth Amendment Seizures, Jeffrey Bellin

Popular Media

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Kebijakan Penghapusan Izin Lingkungan Dalam Ruu Cipta Kerja Dan Dampaknya Terhadap Pembangunan Berkelanjutan Di Indonesia, Kornelius Benuf, Abram Robert Aritonang, Supriardoyo Simanjuntak

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The government is currently discussing about Jobs Creation Bill on the implementation of national development. The drafting of Jobs Creation Bill is carriedout by applying the omnibus law system. However, on the Bill there are numbers of irregularities such as the removal of environmental permits and replaced with environmental agreements. This raises legal issues because the changes of terminology onthe Bill have juridical implications for the implementations of sustainable developments in Indonesia. This legal issue will be researched further in this study. The method used is normative juridical with secondary data in the form of primary legal materials ofthe Jobs …

Aspek Hukum Peran Wakaf Tunai Pada Masa Pandemi Covid 19, Siska Lis Sulistiani, Intan Nurrachmi, Eva Misfah Bayuni

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The development of cash waqf in Indonesia in the past 10 years is of particular concern. With the law No. 41 of 2004 concerning endowments became the initial foothold in the development of forms of cash endowments, including endowments of money, endowments sukuk, endowments of Islamic insurance policies and others. Of all the innovations of this waqf because waqf has more flexible properties to be able to make new breakthroughs that fit the needs of the times without reducing the essence of the waqf. The legal aspect of developing cash waqf is important because it will affect its position and …

Social Justice In Law, Society And Development: A Marxism Perspective Of Indonesian Case, Ridwan Arifin, Vania Shafira Yuniar

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This article explores about social justice in peoples lives according to Karl Marxs prespective of the concept of social class. It also discusses Marxs concept of the struggle of the social class to provide a solution for the proletariat, to free themselves from the chain of cruelty, violence and alienation in the capitalist system to achieve social justice. The essence of social justice in Karl Marxs prespective is that if a society has created a manifestation of self through compassion, and the collaboration of a classless society, without violence, and without oppression, and humans are free from all forms of …

Pemusatan Kepemilikan Media Massa Di Indonesia: Tinjauan Aspek Hukum, Muhammad Zulfa Aulia, Raffles Raffles

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Today, mass media tend to be exclusively possessed by certain business groups who generally have affiliation to authorities or political parties. This article disscusses the concentration of mass media ownership in the light of constitutional and competition law. The article argues that the privatisation of business and politics towards public information through mass media, which is inevitable, has to be minimized. This due to the fact that mass media is one of pillars to which the democracy of a nation relies on. Despite the ownership of mass media which is a part of expressions (by some elites) of the people …

Kelemahan Pengaturan Pengupahan Bagi Dokter Di Indonesia, Muhammad Nur

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The results of the Junior Indonesian Doctors Network (JDN) survey on August 1-30 2018 stated that 26.24 percent of doctors in Indonesias main workplaces were still paid under three million rupiah per month. Then, there are 8.89 percent of doctors who are even paid under one and a half million rupiah per month. Due to the low salaries earned, many doctors end up having to take additional work hours in several practice locations to increase their income. In fact, other studies say that working continuously for doctors increases the risk of malpractice and endangers patients. Low wages also make doctors …

Reformulasi Delik Makar Dalam Rancangan Kitab Undang-Undang Hukum Pidana Nasional Tahun 2019 (Sebuah Telaah Leksikal Terhadap Terminologi Aanslag), Yaris Adhial Fajrin

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The use of the term Makar as a translation of the word Aanslag in Indonesias CRIMINAL code currently triggers a variety of polemic because it has a lot of meaning, resulting in an ambiguity that causes no legal certainty to be guaranteed. Indonesias CRIMINAL code is currently in its case that it does not provide define and the limitations of Macar deeds so that the multitasking is still prone to occur. Addressing such a thing, it is necessary to reformulation the draft proceeding in the Penal Code in order to ensure the future legal certainty. The limitation of the performance …

Rekonseptualisasi Penyelesaian Sengketa Proses Pencalonan Pilkada, Supriyadi Supriyadi

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

This research aims to find the ideal concept of dispute resolution process in the regional head election, so far the practice of election dispute resolution is carried out by two institutions namely Bawaslu and PTTUN. As for the results of this study in the form of the first, philosophically the Bawaslu institution was born from the provisions of Article 22E paragraph (5) of the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia which was interpreted to conduct supervision both in the narrow and broad sense (handling violations and dispute resolution) of the holding of elections or the elections. Second, the dualism …

The Role Of Sharia Banking Notaries In The Development Of Sharia Economic Law In The Digital Era, Rofah Setyowati, Bagas Heradhyaksa, Maskur Rosyid

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Notary has a strategic position in making Islamic banking contracts. This is because the Notary is responsible for the correctness of the contract construction to fulfill the terms of the agreement, as well as sharia principles. This study is intended to analyze the legal consequences that arise in the relationship between the Notary profession and the Islamic banking industry. It is important to find opportunities and challenges of Notaries in supporting the development of Islamic economics in Indonesia. This study uses a philosophical, juridical and empirical approach. The results of the analysis show that the need for a notary who …

Penghasilan Tidak Kena Pajak (Ptkp) Sebagai Bentuk Perlindungan Hak Ekonomi Dalam Perspektif Hak Asasi Manusia, Auditya Firza Saputra

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

As a ratifying State to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (Ecosoc), the Government of Republic of Indonesia has legal obligation to implement steps of realization in effective and measurable manner in fulfilling, promoting, and protecting the economic, social and cultural rights of all its citizens. The issue is, to fulfil such obligation the State will require high amount of cost. The State is being sourced by the taxation policy. From many taxation policies, Income Tax become one of the most preffered segment. Unfortunately, the Income Tax policy, in practice, hardly optimizing due to many social economic …

Mencari Jejak Konsep Judicial Restraint Dalam Praktik Kekuasaan Kehakiman Di Indonesia, Dian Agung Wicaksono, Andi Sandi Antonius Tabusassa Tonralipu

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The decision on judicial review of Laws by the Constitutional Court was allegedly not fully obeyed by the parties affected by the decision. One form of disobedience tothe judicial review decision by the Constitutional Courtwas shown by the Supreme Court concerning the decision related to the opening of the opportunity to submit a Peninjauan Kembali more than once, which was responded by the Supreme Court with internalregulations which emphasized that Peninjauan Kembali could only be done once.From the phenomenon, this research tries to trace the concept of judicial restraint in the practice of judicial power in Indonesia, as well as …

Managing The Risk For Fintech Lending Amid The Global Pandemic Corona Virus, Trisadini Prasastinah Usanti, Fiska Silvia Raden Roro, Nur Utari Setiawati

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The coronavirus (covis-19) is impacting all sectors across the world. Moreover, the covid-19 pandemic will accelerate change in the world economy. That brings both opportunity and danger, says Henry Curr in The Economist. In dealing with global disaster which impacts to the finance and economy world, such as the pandemic of covid-19, fintech lending offers the fastestand the most easy lending service for people in the whole business world nowdays. However, the easy process can cause various problems such as late payment and default in payment. Fintech will suffer from those risks and it can jeopardise the business. Moreover, most …

Studi Sosio Legal Dalam Pemanfaatan Energi Terbarukan Di Perairan Indonesia, Marlina Purba

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

Socio-legal studies are the kind of study that presents the point of view to see the law which focuses on the contact more than the texts. By legal socio approach, the problem which will be learned is notonly study to the norms studied or the law doctrine but see the contact detail of the norms and the enactment. How the law work in the public which will be learned by legal socio study. The legal socio study is done by refer to the research result Cotterrell R about the theory and value. Cotterrell enters the value to explain the action …

Membangun Pengelolaan Perikanan Laut Bebas Di Asia Tenggara Yang Berorientasi Pada Keberlanjutan, Muhammad Insan Tarigan

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

High seas is an ocean legal regime that is free access to every states, including the use of its fisheries. Yet, in fact, fishing on the high seas is dominated by in part of all countries, which are developed countries or at least states with advance technology and finance. The vast potential of high seas fisheries is in line with the high of threat that must be faced, for examples overfishing and destructive fishing. The majority regionals of the world are going through fisheries crisis as well as decreasing of fish stocks in Southeast Asia. Fisheries sector is so important …

Kedudukan Dan Kewenangan: Badan Nasional Pengelola Perbatasan Di Indonesia, Putu Wahyu Widiartana

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The vast condition of the Unitary Republic of Indonesia made Indonesia have several border areas stretching from Sabang to Merauke. Management of the countrys territories and border areas has been regulated in Law 43/2008 on State Territories. The National Border Management Agency (Badan Nasional Pengelola Perbatasan/BNPP) is the only institution tasked with managing border areas in Indonesia. The Minister of Home Affairs as the Head of BNPP leads and controls the implementation of the duties and functions of BNPP. In this study using Border Management Theory and Authority Theory. This research uses the normative legal research method which is the …

Perbandingan Kedudukan Dan Kewenangan Kepolisian Dalam Konstitusi Yang Pernah Berlaku Di Indonesia, Farrel Eden Surbakti, Ali Abdilah

Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan

The police are defined as a tool of the state in charge of maintaining the security and order of the community, providing protection, and providing protection to the public. The relationship between the community and the police themselves is mutually influencing, where the existence of the police is functional in the structure of life. When people experience changes due to various factors, then there is also a change in moral standards that result in order and order of life according to previous cultures are no longer used. This is what causes the role and function of the police must always …

Reanimating The Foreign Compacts Clause, Thomas Liefke Eaton

William & Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review

On October 23, 2019, the United States Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed a complaint against the State of California “for unlawfully entering a cap and trade agreement with the Canadian Providence of Quebec.” In many ways, the complaint reflects a conventional disagreement between states and the federal government over the contours of federalism, but the complaint’s second cause of action, alleging a violation of the “Compacts Clause,” Article I, section 10(3) of the United States Constitution, is unique. The body of law and scholarship surrounding the Compacts Clause is often guesswork at best, for jurists and scholars alike, because typically …

Konsep Privatisasi Di Indonesia, Mohammad Rezza Naufal

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

The phenomenon of privatization in the world has long been initiated and spearheaded by the United States and Britain. Privatization is a shift in management by the state to the private sector, this is very reasonable because this effort is considered to produce significant improvements related to increasing the efficiency of state enterprises that are considered less efficient than private companies. Privatization has also been applied in Indonesia since 1997 after the economic crisis and with the same goal of increasing the efficiency of state enterprises. In Article 33 paragraph (2) and paragraph (3) of the 1945 Constitution, it is …

Status Kedudukan Dan Harta Kekayaan Bumn Analisa Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 62/Puu-Xi/2013, Made Wira Pratama

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Legal certainty regarding the status of legal entity and the financial status of BUMN (State- Owned Enterprises) in Indonesia is often a problematic in its determination therefore the need for an understanding of the SOE's own legal entity and the state's financial position in SOEs, thereby providing certainty about the status the position of the legal entity and the state of the state that is clear and has no ambiguity in the regulation, in this article the application of the state finance law testing against SOEs which on the examination of Law No. 17 of 2003 on the State Finance, …

Peran Peradilan Tata Usaha Negara Dalam Mewujudkan Pemerintahan Yang Baik, Muhammad Kamil Akbar

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Based on Act 9 Paragraph 1 Law No.30/2014 concerning Government Administration that any decree and / or government’s actions are based on legislation and the principles of good governance (AAUPB). But, in the reality, sometimes Government Officials ignored that matter and then become abuse of authority. So, the authority of the administrative court has expanded based on Law No.30/2014 concerning Government Administration, not only can cancel the implementation of a decree, but also to examine and decide whether or not there is an element of abuse of authority by Government Officials in carrying out their duties. Administrative court as a …

Perlindungan Hukum Terhadap Wajib Pajak Orang Pribadi Dalam Penerapan Pengampunan Pajak (Studi Di Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Purwokerto), Imam Wildan Purbo Prakoso

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

Tax amnesty is the right of every taxpayer so there's necessary for legal protection and maximum service as the consequence of the tax amnesty provisions, where this research specializes in individual taxpayer in Tax Services Office (KPP) Pratama Purwokerto. The problem of this reseach is about how legal protection of individual taxpayer in implementation and application, and aims to examine and analyze the application and legal protection to individual taxpayer in the implementation of tax amnesty in KPP Pratama Purwokerto.Through normative juridical research by using primary and secondary data that were presented qualitatively and analyzed descriptively it was obtained that …

Learning To Love One-Party Rule: A Beginner’S Guide, Bruce Ledewitz

Newspaper Columns

Collected biweekly contributions to the Pennsylvania Capital-Star, a nonpartisan, nonprofit news site.

Kebutuhan Perluasan Doktrin Orisinalitas Dan Fiksasi Dalam Undang-Undang Hak Cipta Sebagai Perlindungan Kreativitas Anak Bangsa, Pratiwi Eka Sari

"Dharmasisya” Jurnal Program Magister Hukum FHUI

The concept that copyright deals solely with the form of embodiment or fixation of a work is one of the fundamental principles of copyright and is the most fundamental principle of copyright protection. In that principle it implies that fixation relates only to the embodiment of a created being and is not concerned with the matter of substance and regardless of (not limited to) the form or type of creation. However, the fixation arrangements in Article 1 number 13 of Law 28/2014 turn out to cover only works that are poured in the form of audio, visual and audiovisual. Therefore, …

March 24, 2021: Learning To Love One-Party Rule, Bruce Ledewitz

Hallowed Secularism

Blog post, “Learning to Love One-Party Rule“ discusses politics, theology and the law in relation to religion and public life in the democratic United States of America.