REVISITING KAHRUDIN YUNUS ON BERSAMAISM: A NATURAL LAW DESIGN FOR INDONESIA TODAY

Abstract

At the beginning of the independence era, Kahrudin Yunus proposed a natural law-based economic law model, but it declined in recent years or discussion in scholarly communities. This article examines the trend toward relations between state, government, and the rule of economic law based on bersamaism. Interpretive analytic is the method employed. Bersamaism’s basic assumptions are based on the universality of Quran truth, and the state must be positioned as an intermediary in legal and economic activities. Bersamaism is similar to the natural law school in terms of thought, but it also provides an understanding empirical considerations, actually has provided a prototype for the development of an economic system for Indonesia.