Legal Position Open and Closed Traditional Court Decisions Relating to Indigenous Land Disputes in Malamoi Sorong Region in Positive Law (Case Study Between the Clan Malibela Klawalu Against the Clan Malibela Klaifi)

Abstract

The type of research used in this research is normative legal research. Whereas in civil justice system, there are norms and principles that provide space for practice of customary justice which has a combination of characteristics as informal justice, communal justice, alternative dispute resolution, and simplified court regardless of inconsistency and inconsistency of laws and regulations regarding the existence customary justice system in Indonesian judicial system that applies positively. The influence of the position of customary courts in the civil justice system is especially apparent in the functional relationship between customary court decisions and the settlement of civil cases in court.  Therefore, to accommodate the existence of customary court decisions, in practice judges will optimize the mechanisms regulated in the civil justice system such as through mediation in court.