The Existence of Kerapatan Adat Nagari in Minangkabau Community, West Sumatra for the Juvenile Criminal Justice System
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- 10.2991/iccd-19.2019.106How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Minangkabau community, juvenile criminal justice system
- Abstract
The existence of customary justice in Indonesian society today is still recognized as one of the efforts to resolve the criminal problems, violations of customs, and juvenile delinquency. Indigenous people generally use norms that are very close to the reality of everyday life, because the norms are simple in nature as customs. The customs of indigenous peoples are considered as the laws that apply in the communities because these laws are products of an acceptance and agreement of their whole opinions. This study aims to answer two formulations of the problem. First, how is the formulation policy on indigenous justice in the legal system in Indonesia? Second, how is the existence of the “Kerapatan Adat Nagari” traditional institution of Minangkabau community in West Sumatra in the mechanism of restorative justice of the juvenile criminal justice system? This study was conducted in Padang, West Sumatra. The method used was the socio-legal research approach. The location of the study was at the Kerapatan Adat Nagari traditional institution of Minangkabau community in Padang, West Sumatera. The results showed that the formulation policy on judicial restorative justice in indigenous people exists in international legal instruments as well as national legal instruments in Indonesia. Furthermore, the existence of the “Kerapatan Adat Nagari” traditional institution of Minangkabau community in West Sumatra in the mechanism of restorative justice the juvenile criminal justice system is still recognized and implemented to resolve cases of juvenile delinquency.
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- © 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Nur Rochaeti AU - Pujiyono PY - 2019/10 DA - 2019/10 TI - The Existence of Kerapatan Adat Nagari in Minangkabau Community, West Sumatra for the Juvenile Criminal Justice System BT - Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2019) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 404 EP - 406 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/iccd-19.2019.106 DO - 10.2991/iccd-19.2019.106 ID - Rochaeti2019/10 ER -