SAIFUDIEN DJ

Law of   Indonesia   is based on a   civil law   system, intermixed with customary law and the   Roman Dutch law . Before the Dutch colonization in the sixteenth century, indigenous kingdoms ruled the archipelago independently with their own custom laws, known as   adat . Foreign influences from India, China and Arabia have not only affected the culture, but also weighed in the customary adat   laws.   Aceh   in   Sumatra , for instances, observes their own   sharia   law, while   Toraja   ethnic group in   Sulawesi   are still following their   animistic   customary law. Dutch presence and subsequent occupation of Indonesia for 350 years has left a legacy of Dutch colonial law, largely in the Indonesia   civil code . Following the independence in 1945, Indonesia began to form its own modern Indonesia law, not developing from scratch but with some modifications of the precepts of existing laws. As a result, these three components ( adat , Dutch-Roman law, Islamic Law and modern Ind

WARISAN HUKUM BELANDA Vereenigde Oost Indische Compagnie (VOC) yang didirikan oleh para pedagang orang Belanda tahun 1602 maksudnya supaya tidak terjadi persaingan antara para pedagang yang membeli rempah-rempah dari orang pribumi dengan tujuan untuk mendapat keuntungan yang besar di pasaran Eropa. Sebagai kompeni dagang oleh pemerintahan Belanda diberikan hak-hak istimewa ( octrooi ) seperi hak monopoli pelayaran dan perdagangan, hak membentuk angkatan perang, hak mendirikan benteng, mengumumkan perang, mengadakan perdamain dan hak mencetak uang.