The Game of Truth in Criminal Law Enforcement Process on Corruption Crimes

Abstract

The enforcement of criminal law against corruption, nowadays, increasingly shows the existence of a form of truth play through the construction of knowledge that is normalized through authority as a manifestation of the cognitive interpretation of law enforcement. The formation of the game of truth hides behind social framing, thus ignoring the provisions of existing legal norms. The power and authority possessed as capital to determine legal action are not based on the law itself. This study aims to describe a form of truth game that overrides legal provisions. This research is a legal research using the relational trichotomy approach and critical discourse analysis approach. The results of this study indicate the formation of a truth game to maintain social anger against the perpetrators of corruption, thus ignoring the legal rights of the perpetrators of corruption. Keywords: truth game, corruption, legal effort, relationship trichotomy