Asian Symposium on Legal Pluralism
The study field of Community Development Law of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Indonesia in cooperation with the Commission on Legal Pluralism, Amrita University, Kyoto Bunkyo University, and Panjab University and the Center for Women and Gender Studies of Universitas Indonesia organized the Asian Symposium on Legal Pluralism under the theme: “LIMITS OF LAW, LIMITS OF LEGALITY: CONTEMPORARY LEGAL, SOCIAL, AND CULTURAL ISSUES IN ASIA” which was held on 29-30 March 2018 at S & T FHUI Room, UI Depok Campus.
Changes and sustainability in the political, social and economic spheres of Asia have influenced on how society responds to these changes and sustainability. The formal legal system and informal norms also have varying responses to these changes and sustainability. The existence of socio-economic activities outside the established environment poses a challenge for academicians and policymakers not only to understand the phenomenon but also how to respond to this phenomenon. This generalization is problematic in the Asian context because of the difficulties of the formal legal system that cannot be overcome on the one hand and the existence of diverse informal norms as a product of social and multi-layered political systems on the other.
For example, the formal legal system is difficult to implement in many areas of informal economic activity, especially in the context of resources such as minerals, fisheries, forestry, water, and so on. One also finds a new narrative in a new political discourse that includes habits and food consumption, interactions in cyberspace or internet enabled services. The rapid growth of urbanization and the inclusion of working class populations from diverse backgrounds has also created new unobserved norms and behaviors.
These issues were discussed in the Asian Symposium on Legal Pluralism by inviting Prof. Masami Mori Tachibana (Asian Initiative on Legal Pluralism), Prof. Pampa Mukherjee, and Prof. Sulistyowati Irianto as the speakers.
