The Responsive Law Thinking Atmosphere: From the United States to Indonesia

Abstract

Responsive law discourse is influenced by law conditions and situations. Responsive law was initiated in the United States and it was influenced by the atmosphere of law discourse in Indonesia. The purpose of this research is; describing responsive law theory, mapping law thinking in Indonesia, analyzing the workings of law theory responsive to the atmosphere of law discourse in Indonesia. This type of research is normative law research, the approach to law theory, using secondary data, and using data analysis methods of interpretation-conceptualization. The results of this study indicate that responsive law theory is a theory that views law no longer seen as a stand-alone entity. Law must be able to interact with other entities adopting existing interests in society. Responsive law theory was initiated in the United States in the 1970s. The development of law thought in Indonesia began in the post-Independence, transition, New Order and Reformation periods. The beginning of the entry of responsive law theory into the atmosphere of law discourse in Indonesia is at the beginning of the New Order and Reformation periods. Responsive law is termed different but it is the same type.