The killing of five young Australian, New Zealander and British journalists at the village of Balibo during the Indonesian invasion of Portuguese Timor in 1975 has long been surrounded by controversy, obfuscation and intrigue. While many suspected that the journalists were deliberately killed by...

This paper describes and analyses Indonesia's Anti-terrorism Law of 2002. It provides a brief background to the law's enactment, the crimes it defines, and compares the law with pre-existing provisions of Indonesia's Criminal Code that had been applied against those accused of terrorism before...

Since the mid 1990s, Indonesia has significantly reformed its intellectual property laws. These reforms were effected to bring Indonesia's laws into line with the World Trade Organisation's Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property (TRIPs) Agreement, which requires WTO members to provide...

It is often difficult, if not impossible, to have judicial decisions enforced in Indonesia. This article discusses the legal loopholes within Indonesian law, used by some parties to avoid complying with a judicial decision unfavourable to them. In particular, surat sakti (magic memos) - letters...

The proper position of Islam within the Indonesian state, and within the Indonesian legal system, are matters of significant debate in Indonesia. This article considers the Indonesian state's attempts to regulate Islamic law on polygamy and mixed marriages, and to reform Indonesia's Islamic...