Community Mediation-Based Legal Culture in Resolving Social Conflicts of Communities Affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic in West Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia

Abstract

This study aims to describe the urgency of the existence of community mediation-based legal culture as an alternative dispute resolution during the COVID-19 pandemic in West Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. This study employed a non-doctrinal paradigm with a descriptive study. It uses case and legislation approaches based on a series of observations, interviews, and literature studies to be analyzed qualitatively. The results of this research finding are a component to understand one of the concepts offered related to the use of culture-based community mediation as a fast and simple alternative dispute resolution. The institutionalized community mediation at Mediation Institution has culture-based management procedures that serve as a means of resolving conflicts. It aims to create a safe, orderly, and peaceful life based on the legal values of the local community that are rooted in their beliefs (religion), customs, and social culture.