The Role of Ultimum Remedium Principles as a Basis for Thinking of the Implementation of Criminal Law in Resolving Legal Problems

This study aims to find the principle of ultimum remedium is one of the principles contained in criminal law, especially in resolving legal problems. The type of legal research using is a normative juridical research method because in this paper it examines a principle which is the basis of thought or instructions for the implementation of a branch of law. The results of this study is that criminal law as a rule has sanctions in the form of suffering / suffering for people who violate the provisions contained in the criminal law, it is necessary to pay attention to and implement the ultimum remedium principle in criminal law enforcement where the ultimum remedium principle directs. and make criminal law a means or last resort in solving a legal problem that occurs. This is intended so that a legal violation is not immediately subject to a criminal sanction, because the criminal sanction is pain / suffering, it must be balanced between the action taken and the reaction in the sense of the stages of legal settlement so that there is no legal decision that deviates from the purpose of the law. criminal law itself is manifested in providing legal certainty and justice for the community.