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Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies                                              Vol I Issue 01,  2016 

 
 

Volume1 Issue 01     NOVEMBER 2016 
JILS 1 (1) 2016, pp. 1-2     ISSN  2548-1584 

E-ISSN 2548-1592 

 

 

EDITOR in CHIEF COMMENTARY 

Finding Some Alternatives in Indonesian Legal 

Development 
 

Dani Muhtada 
Universitas Negeri Semarang (UNNES)

 

 

 

 

 
WELCOME to the Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies (JILS). We are very 

pleased to publish this special edition, which is the first edition of the journal 

on The Establishment of Indonesian Legal Concept. 

 

Normally, the first journal edition is about the basic theory of an issue. This 
edition is a special because we provide you with range articles on Indonesian 

legal system and its development. The articles presented in this special issue 
make many important explorations and draw our attention to many important 

policy questions. 
 
One of the articles, written by Riska Alkadri, discusses the role of the 

Regional Representatives Council (DPD, Dewan Perwakilan Daerah). In the 

article, she explains about the existence and the authority of the DPD after the 

amendment of the Indonesia’s Constitution—that is, UUD 1945. Another 
article, written by Hery Abduh Sasmito, highlights the role of the Indonesia’s 

Constitutional Court (MK, Mahkamah Konstitusi). He indicates some decisions 

made by the Constitutional Court that might go beyond the limits of its 

authority. Another view on the role of the Constitutional Court is provided by 
Mochamad Adib Zain, wrote an article entitled Politics of Law on the State 
Control of Oil and Gas in Indonesia: Gas Liberalization and The Hesitancy of 

Constitutional Court. 

 
I would like to express my gratitude to all authors who have submitted 

manuscript for this first journal edition, to: Riska Alkadri SH MH, 
Muhammad Ikhsan Lubis SH MH, Windi Afdal SH MH, Hery Abduh 

Sasmito SH MH, Mochamad Adib Zain SH MH, Putri Anggia SH MH, and 
also to Ayon Diniyanto SH. 



 
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My special thankfulness to editorial board team of Journal of Indonesian Legal 

Studies, Postgraduate Program, Faculty of Law Universitas Negeri Semarang 

(UNNES). I have to deliver very high expression of my gratitude to all 

edirotial boards of this first edition: Professor Sudijono Sastroatmodjo SH 
MSi (Universitas Negeri Semarang), Associate Professor Dr Rodiyah SPd SH 

MSi (Universitas Negeri Semarang), Dr Markus Hage SH MH (University of 
Nusa Cendana Kupang), Dr Nur Rochaeti SH MHum (University of 

Diponegoro, Semarang), Dr Marcella Elwina Simanjuntak SH MHum 
(University of Catholic Soegijapranata, Semarang), Dr Eric A Jones 
(Northern Illinois University, USA), Nehinpo Kipgen (Jindal Global 

University, India), and Dr Philips J Vermonte (Center for Strategic and 
International Studies, Jakarta) 

 
We wish you enjoy reading this very first issue of our journal! 

 

 
 
 

 
Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia 

 
Dani Muhtada MPA PhD 

Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang 

Journal of Indonesian Legal Studies (JILS) 

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