Legal Disharmony in Indonesia

Abstract

Nowadays there is a legal disharmony concerning natural resources in Indonesia. It is found in some laws regarding natural resources. There are 12 (twelve) laws on natural resources in Indonesia which are inharmonious, overlapping, and contradictory one to another. This legal disharmony has brought negative impacts such as destructions and degrading natural resources, conflicts related to natural resources, legal and social problems, riot in legal system, legal uncertainty, and injustice to the society. The legal disharmony in the natural resources management in Indonesia is caused by the laws regulating the management of the natural resources in Indonesia that do not apply the same principles even though they have the same object and legal resources. New legislation functioning as the umbrella of laws or the main body for regulations of the natural resource management in Indonesia needs to be set in order to solve the problems of the legal disharmony in the management of Indonesian natural resources.