Research Article
The Lack of Legal Aid Accessed by The Poor Society in West Kalimantan Province
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.17-7-2019.2303495, author={Rini Setiawati and Sri Ayu Septinawati and Charlyna S. Purba}, title={The Lack of Legal Aid Accessed by The Poor Society in West Kalimantan Province}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Science and Technology in Administration and Management Information, ICSTIAMI 2019, 17-18 July 2019, Jakarta, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICSTIAMI}, year={2021}, month={1}, keywords={legal aid poor society access}, doi={10.4108/eai.17-7-2019.2303495} }- Rini Setiawati
Sri Ayu Septinawati
Charlyna S. Purba
Year: 2021
The Lack of Legal Aid Accessed by The Poor Society in West Kalimantan Province
ICSTIAMI
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.17-7-2019.2303495
Abstract
Providing legal aid to the poor in West Kalimantan was one of the state's role manifestations in providing legal protection as ruled by 16th Indonesian Law of 2011 on Legal Aid. In fact, the authors found that most of the poor society in West Kalimantan faced the difficulty to access the legal aid. It was caused by the lack of verified legal aid providers in West Kalimantan. The aim of the study was finding the solution to maximize the legal aid providers within giving the legal aid to the poor society. Through unstructured legal method, the study found that there was a legal vacuum of the unruled mechanism which institutions that provide verification of legal aid institutions established by the Local Government. The implication of the study gave a recommendation in the form of legislation revision that legal aid regulations need further arrangements in the 16th Indonesian Law of 2011 on Legal Aid.