Strengthening Independence: Constitutional Interests As A Paradigm For Judicial Review In Indonesia
Abstract
The existence of a constitutional injury requirement since Constitutional Court Decision Number 006/PUU-III/2005 was strengthened by Constitutional Court Regulation Number 2 of 2021. In fact, 34 cases in the last 3 years have been ruled inadmissible due to the issue of not fulfilling the requirements of constitutional injury. Some of them are about the New Criminal Code and the Law on Villages, which are considered urgent to be tested but are hampered by the fulfillment of the constitutional injury requirement. This research will prove that the constitutional injury requirement has distorted the independence of the Indonesian Constitutional Court. On the other hand, constitutional interests is a paradigm for restoring the independence, analyst and comparison have provided answers to the issues raised. The results of normative legal research with literature study show two important things. First, the requirement of constitutional injury undermines independence, so it must be eliminated and accompanied by a supporting paradigm that allows it to be eliminated. Second, applying the paradigm of constitutional interests as a condition for fulfilling legal standing. Systematically, constitutional interests are a manifestation of the independence of the Indonesian Constitutional Court by removing obstacles for the public to achieve access to justice.
Keywords
Full Text:
PDFReferences
A. Garner, Bryan. ed. Black’s Law Dictionary. Amerika: Thomson Reuters, 2009.
Andriansyah, et.al. Academic Constitutional Drafting: Rancangan Perubahan Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945 Terkait dengan Pokok-Pokok Haluan Negara. Jakarta: Badan Pengkajian MPR RI, 2021.
Antieau, Chester James. “The Jurisprudence of Interests as a Method of Constitutional Adjudication,” Case Western Reserve Law Review, vol. 27, no 4, (1977), pp. 823.
Bisariyadi. "Membedah Doktrin Kerugian Konstitusional." Jurnal Konstitusi 14, no 1. (2017): 22-44.
Dziadzio, Andrejz. “The Academic Portrait of the Creator of the Pure Theory of Law. Several Facts from Thomas Olechowski’s Book Entitled Hans Kelsen. Biographie eines Rechtswissenschaftlers. Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2020 (1027 pp.),” Krakowskie Studia z Historii Państwa i Prawa, vol. 14, no 3 (2021), pp. 383-395.
Faber, Malte, Reiner Manstetten, and Thomas Petersen. "Homo Oeconomicus and Homo Politicus. Political Economy, Constitutional Interest and Ecological Interest." Kyklos (Basel), vol. 50, no. 4 (1997), pp. 457-483.
Fallon Jr, Richard H.“Taking the Idea of Constitutional “Meaning” Seriously,” Harvard Law Review, vol. 129, no. 1, (November, 2015), pp. 1-10.
Fleck, Zoltán. “A Comparative Analysis of Judicial Power, Organisational Issues in Judicature and the Administration of Courts,” in Fair Trial and Judicial Independence: Hungarian Perspectives, edited. Attila Badó, 3. Switzerland: Springer International Publishing, 2014.
Fruhstorfer, Anna and Michael Hein. "Institutional Interests and the Politics of Constitutional Amendment." International Political Science Review, vol. 42, no. 2 (2021), pp. 229-244.
Forsyth, Christopher. ed., Judicial Review and The Constitution. North America: Hart Publishing, 2000.
Heritage.org. "The Essential Constitution.” Accessed July 10, 2023. https://www.heritage.org/the-essential-constitution.
Hollaus, Birgit. "Austrian Constitutional Court: Considering Climate Change as a Public Interest is Arbitrary – Refusal of Third Runway Permit Annulled." Vienna Online Journal on International Constitutional Law, vol. 11, no. 3 (2017), pp. 467-477.
Huda, Ni’matul. dan R Nazriyah, Teori dan Pengujian Peraturan Perundang-Undangan. Bandung: Penerbit Nusa Media, 2020.
Kalliris, Konstantinos and Theodore Alysandratos, “One Judge to Rule them all: Single‐member Courts as an Answer to Delays in Criminal Trials." Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, vol. 20, no. 1 (2023), pp. 233-268.
Lagi, Sara. “Hans Kelsen and the Austrian Constitutional Court (1918-1929),” Revista Co-herencia, vol. 9, no. 16 (June, 2016), pp. 273-295.
Laksono, Fajar. et al. “Relation between the Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia and the Legislators According to the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.” Constitutional Review, vol. 3, no. 2 (December 2017), pp. 141-170.
Mahkamah Konstitusi Republik Indonesia, “MKRI dengan MK Austria Sepakat Kerja Sama Untuk Menguatkan Kelembagaan”, accessed July 3, 2023, https://www.mkri.id/index.php?page=web.Berita&id
Manan, Bagir. Menegakkan Hukum Suatu Pencarian. Jakarta: Asosiasi Advokat Indonesia, 2009.
Manan, Bagir. and Susi Dwi Harijanti, “Konstitusi dan Hak Asasi Manusia,” Padjadjaran Jurnal Ilmu Hukum, vol. 3, no 3. (2016), pp. 448-467.
McClain, Emlin. "Decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on Constitutional Questions, 1911–1914." The American Political Science Review, Vol. 9, no. 1 (1915), pp. 36-49.
Muhaimin, Metode Penelitian Hukum. Mataram: Mataram University Press, 2016.
Mutaqin, Zezen Zaenal. “The Strong State And Pancasila: Reflecting Human Rights in the Indonesian Democracy.” Constitutional Review, vol. 2, no. 2 (December, 2017), pp. 159-188.
Moroni, Stefano. "Constitutional and Post-Constitutional Problems: Reconsidering the Issues of Public Interest, Agonistic Pluralism and Private Property in Planning." Planning Theory (London, England), vol.18, no. 1 (2019), pp. 5-23.
Palguna, I. Dewa Gede. "Constitutional Complaint and the Protection of Citizens the Constitutional Rights." Const. Rev, vol. 3, no. 1. (2017), pp. 1-23.
Permata Putri, Intan and Mohammad Mahrus Ali, “Karakteristik Judicial order dalam Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi dengan Amar Tidak Dapat Diterima,” Jurnal Konstitusi, vol. 16, no. 4, (Desember, 2019), pp. 883-904.
Polovchenko, Konstantin A. "Influence of the Constitutional Court on the Transformation of Vital National Interests of Bosnia and Herzegovina." European Politics and Society (Abingdon, England), vol. 24, no. 3 (2023), pp. 410-420.
Ramdan, Ajie. "Problematika legal standing putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi." Jurnal Konstitusi, vol. 11, no. 4 (2014), pp. 737-758.
R. Beitz, Charles. The Idea of Human Rights, New York: Oxford University Press, 2009.
Rogowski, Ralf. and Thomas Gawron, Constitutional Courts in Comparison: The US Supreme Court and the German Federal Constitutional Court. U.S.: 1st ed. Berghahn Books 2016.
S. Gould, Jonathan. “Puzzles of Progressive Constitutionalism.” Harvard Law Review, vol. 135, no. 8, (June, 2022), pp. 2053-2109.
Sekretariat Jenderal dan Kepaniteraan Mahkamah Konstitusi, Naskah Komprehensif Perubahan Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik Indonesia Tahun 1945: Buku VI Kekuasaan Kehakiman. Jakarta: Sekretariat Jenderal dan Kepaniteraan Mahkamah Konstitusi, 2012.
Siahaan, Maruarar. Hukum Acara Mahkamah Konstitusi Republik Indonesia. Jakarta: Sinar Grafika, 2011.
Ul Hosnah, Usmak. et. al. Karakteristik Ilmu Hukum dan Metode Penelitian Hukum Normatif. Depok: PT Raja Grafindo 2021.
Witt, Ulrich and Christian Schubert. "Constitutional Interests in the Face of Innovations: How Much do we Need to Know about Risk Preferences?" Constitutional Political Economy, vol. 19, no. 3 (September, 2008), pp. 203-225.
Verfasunggerichtshof, “The Constitutional Court,” Accessed 3 July, 2023. https://www.vfgh.gv.at/downloads/VfGH_Broschuere_eng_barrierefrei_Final.pdf.
Verfasunggerichtshof, “Proceedings before the Constitutional Court – The Decision Process.” Accessed 7 July, 2023. https://www.vfgh.gv.at/verfassungsgerichtshof/organisation.
Viljoen, S. "The Constitutional Protection of Tenants' Interests: A Comparative Analysis." The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa, vol. 47, no. 3 (2014), pp. 460-489.
The 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.
Indonesian Law Number 39 of 1999 on Human Rights (1999).
Indonesian Law Number 23 of 2004 on Constitutional Court of Republic of Indonesia (2004).
Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia, Regulation Number 2 of 2021 concerning Procedure in Law Review Cases (2021)
Judicial Review Number 006 of 2005 on Manpower, No. 006/PUU-III/2005 (The Constitutional Court of the Republic of Indonesia 2005).
Germany Grundgesetz Generally Abbreviated in Germany.
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.25216/jhp.13.1.2023.33-62
Refbacks
- There are currently no refbacks.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
