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Abstract

This article revisits the concept of legal pluralism, which continues to evolve alongside society and all its complexities. Knowledge of legal pluralism evolves in line with societal changes identified through scientific research and activities. Over the past two decades, developments have drawn attention to the globalisation of law, leading to the concept of modern legal pluralism. The intertwining and mutual influences, as well as the adoptions and reproductions, resulting from encounters between legal systems have become increasingly complex due to the presence of international and transnational law. This is particularly significant in the areas of human rights, democracy, clean governance and environmental crisis. Today, global citizens are connected to one another because they share knowledge about legal norms and values brought about by 'new law'. The study of modern legal pluralism has methodological consequences which provide new opportunities for researchers. Explaining legal pluralism simply by mapping its coexistence as entities with clearly defined boundaries is no longer viable. Researchers now have a golden opportunity to reconstruct events in a multi-spatial manner, transcending the boundaries of space and time.

Bahasa Abstract

Tulisan ini merupakan peninjauan kembali tentang pemahaman pluralisme hukum yang terus berkembang dengan berbagai kompleksitasnya. Perkembangan pengertian pluralisme hukum itu ditajamkan melalui berbagai debat dan produksi ilmu pengetahuan, riset, yang mengidentifikasi perubahan masyarakat yang masif. Studi pluralisme hukum modern selama lebih dari satu dekade ini memberi perhatian terhadap globalisasi hukum yang melahirkan konsep pluralisme hukum modern. Pertemuan, saling pengaruh, adopsi, reproduksi akibat terjadinya pertemuan antar sistem hukum menjadi semakin kompleks karena hadirnya hukum internasional dan transnasional yang sangat signfikan khususnya dalam bidang hak asasi manusia, demokrasi dan pemerintahan bersih. Saat ini warga global terhubung satu sama lain karena memiliki pengetahuan bersama terkait norma hukum dan nilai-nilai yang dibawa oleh “hukum baru”. Studi pluralisme hukum modern ini juga memiliki konsekuensi metodologis, yang lebih memberi ruang-ruang baru bagi para peneliti. Cara menjelaskan pluralisme hukum dengan sekedar memetakan ko-eksistensi keragaman hukum sebagai entitas yang masing-masingnya memiliki batas tegas, sudah ketinggalan jaman. Saat ini peneliti mendapatkan kesempatan emas untuk dapat merekonstruksi suatu peristiwa secara multi-spasial, melampaui batas ruang dan waktu.

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