MUSLIM GENERATION Z AND GLOBALIZED KNOWLEDGE: Perceptions of Muslim Generation Z of Banjarmasin on Prenuptial Agreement

Abstract

This article focuses on prenuptial agreement from the perspective of Muslims Generation Z in Banjarmasin City. The information abundancy falling this generation, including legal norms and legal culture in the borderless world, rises a question: Is the perception of Muslims Generation Z in Banjarmasin in common with Generation Z in other cities in other countries? To answer this question, a survey method was used to explore the perception of Muslims Generation Z in Banjarmasin on prenuptial agreement. This research finds that the perception of Muslims Generation Z in Banjarmasin tends to be the same as Generation Z in America and England. They know and understand the function and purpose of the prenuptial agreement. They also opine that this agreement is to be carried out for the benefit of their marriage (in the future). In addition, this research also finds that the perception of Muslim Generation Z in Banjarmasin towards prenuptial agreements is substantively different from the perception of the previous generation in Indonesia, who consider a prenuptial agreement as a kind of taboo.