PCD Journal
Vol 8 No 1 (2020): PCD Journal Volume 8 No. 1 2020

Creating Legal Facts

Wina Khairina (Hutan Rakyat Institute (HaRI), Southeast Asia Institute for Forest and People Studies, Medan, Indonesia)
Christian Lund (University of Copenhagen)

Article Info

Publish Date
10 Jun 2020

Abstract

This paper examines how a local community has tried to legalise its possession of land in the outskirts of the city of Medan, Indonesia. In the absence of accessible legal pathways and in the face of state and gang violence, the community has resorted to an imaginative mimicry of legal land access procedures. This paper argues that law-making does not exclusively originate from the state, but also from society, and as such the community has effectively created legal facts. Data were collected through interviews and long-term contact with the community.

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PCD Journal
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Abbrev

PCD

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Universitas Gadjah Mada

Subject

Humanities Social Sciences

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PCD Journal is an initiative to promote works and reports written in high-quality academic standard on the dynamics of power, conflict, and democracy in developing countries, particularly in South and Southeast Asia. Themes on practices of human rights, popular representation, and ...