The Implementation of Principle Equality before the Law in Addressing Corruption in Indonesia

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10.2991/assehr.k.201017.160How to use a DOI?

Keywords

equality before the law, corruption, Indonesia

Abstract

Equality Before the Law is the equality principle of citizenship in the eyes of the law, especially criminal acts of corruption that are not in accordance with this principle. The research method used was library research. The objects in this study are decisions that are not in line with the principle of equality before the law. The analytical method used by researchers is content analysis. Based on the case that the authors have found through the review of the decision, there is a case handling that is not in accordance with the principle of equality before the law. One of them is that the perpetrators of corruption received a verdict as status as city arrest, which means they have exclusive rights. The decision is included in the light category because in other decisions with different cases, they get sentences under five years, whereas the loss of state money is not few, even the impact on society due to criminal acts committed by these corruptors is immense losses for state finances. This study concludes the existed decision is not in accordance with the principle of equality before the law.

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© 2020, 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/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Tinuk Dwi Cahyani
AU  - Yohana Puspitasari Wardoyo
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/10/20
TI  - The Implementation of Principle Equality before the Law in Addressing Corruption in Indonesia
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Community Development (ICCD 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 727
EP  - 730
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201017.160
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201017.160
ID  - Cahyani2020
ER  -