Political Change and Legal Reform towards Democracy and Supremacy of Law in Indonesia

Asian Law Series

No.12

by Prof. Dr. C.F.G. Sunaryati Hartono, SH,Prof. Dr. phil. Astrid S. Susanto,RM Surachman, SH,Deputy Omb
March 2002
TABLE OF CONTENTS

PDF (992KB)

Title page, Content, etc.

Preface

Acknowledgement

Chapter I Introduction

Chapter II Post Soeharto Legal Developments and Reforms of Political Law in Indonesia

Chapter III The 1945 Constitution and its Amendments
 I. Introduction
 II. The First Amendment
 III. The Second Amendment (known as the “First Amendment”)
 IV. The Third Amendment (known as the “Second Amendment”)
 V. Conclusions

Chapter IV Democratization Process in Indonesia through Law
 I. Many More New Laws are Needed
 II. Capacity Building and Institutional Reform
 III. Independence of the Judiciary
 IV. Steps of Judicial Reform
 V. Judicial Review
 VI. The Administrative and Procedural Supervision of Courts by the Ombudsman

Chapter V Legal Measures for Better Protection of Human Rights and Improvement of Good Governance
 I. Introduction
 II. Laws in Support of Better Protection of Human Rights
 III. Ombudsmanship in Indonesia
 IV. The National Ombudsman Commission of Indonesia
 V. The Objective and the Mandates
 VI. The Principle of Independence
 VII. The Principles of Impartiality and Immunity
 VIII. The Future of the National Ombudsman of Indonesia
 IX. Conclusions

Chapter VI Decentralization of Powers and Local Autonomy
 I. Introduction and Short History of Decentralization
 II. Law No. 22/1999 and its Basic Thoughts
 III. Conclusions

Chapter VII Conclusions Bibliography

Bibliography

Annex 1 The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia

Annex 2 The First Amendment to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia

Annex 3 Resolution of the People’s Consultative Assembly
No. VII/MPR/2001 Regarding Indonesia’s Vision of the Future

Annex 4 Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 2 of 1999 on Political
Parties

Annex 5 Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 3 of 1999 on General Elections

Annex 6 Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 4 of 1999 on the Structure and Position of the People’s Consultative Congress Parliament and the Regional Parliament

Annex 7 Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 22 of 1999 on Regional
Government

Annex 8 Law of the Republic of Indonesia No. 25 of 1999 on the Sharing of Finances between the General Government and the Region