Incorporating Local Wisdom Into the Consumer Protection Legal Regime: A Comparison Between Indonesia And Australia

Abstract

Globalization has affected legal services and converged legal systems, especially in consumer protection in Indonesia and Australia. This process has resulted to a more formal, transparent, and adversarial law and regulations that typically reflect to the common Law system. Then,  the incorporation of local wisdom encourages significantly for the receptiveness of this globalization  and convergence process both in Indonesia and Australia. This paper will show and analyze the extent to which globalization has affected consumer protection in Indonesia and Australia by dividing the impact from the result of economic liberalization and political fragmentation. It will then show how the incorporation of local wisdom can accelerate the globalization of legal services and convergence of legal systems on consumer protection in Indonesia and Australia.