This issue is particularly relevant to state-owned enterprises (badan usaha milik negara – “BUMN”). BUMN are by definition funded by the state from taxpayers’ money, resulting in many believing that when a BUMN suffers financial losses, that also means the state is also suffering a financial losses.

Cross Border Love: Mixed Marriages in Indonesia

Friday, April 11, 2014

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This Indonesian Law Digest (“ILD”) will attempt to unravel the tangled threads applicable to mixed marriages in Indonesia by highlighting key provisions of the Marriage Law, the Resident Administration Law, the Citizenship Law, and the Indonesian Civil Code.

Borrowing Forests for the Greater Good

Friday, April 04, 2014

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This week’s Indonesian Law Digest (“ILD”) edition will highlight and elaborate key matters that relate to the Borrow-to-Use Permit, which includes licensing procedures and obligations of Borrow-to-Use Permit holders. Details pertaining to the Borrow-to-Use Permit will also be elaborated on covering a permit’s validity, extensions, and terminations.

Monthly Law Review

Monthly Law Review April 2014

Wednesday, April 16, 2014

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One main legislative movement that continued this month was strengthening of the regulatory regime covering the financial sector. Following the recent regulatory activities of the OJK, more recently provisions have been introduced for dealing with failed banks and the sale of their assets to strategic investors as well as other strategic regulation more broadly governing diverse aspects of the financial sector, a trend that can be expected to continue.

Monthly Law Review March 2014

Friday, March 21, 2014

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The third edition of this year’s Monthly Law Review contains 52 regulations that were issued during January to February 2014. Some important laws and regulations, including those that are relevant to the business sector, are highlighted in this edition of Monthly Law Review.

Monthly Law Review February 2014

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

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The February edition of Hukumonline’s Monthly Law Review contains summaries of a number of significant regulations that were issued earlier this year. Several important regulations from all of the categories covered are highlighted in this month’s Monthly Law Review.

Opinion

Divestment in the Mining Industry - Are We Ready ?

Friday, October 18, 2013

It is questionable whether the Government is ready and will be consistent in traversing the difficult economic road ahead.

A Trudge Through Indonesia’s Jungle of Law

Tuesday, July 02, 2013

Then I ran into the law myself, and not just any law, but Indonesian law, a “dark and tangled jungle of law,” perhaps one of the world’s most complex, incomplete, and chaotic systems of law.