The Position of the Constitutional Court in the Sphere of Judicial Power

Authors

  • Moh. Imam Gusthomi Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang Author https://orcid.org/0009-0002-1029-1123
  • Anis Widyawati Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang Author https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4621-3178
  • Daud Renata Candra Ramadan Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang Author
  • Zulfa Rena Wijayanti Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang Author
  • Adiba Ro'uf Danur Islam Faculty of Law, Universitas Negeri Semarang Author

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15294/ijpgc.v4i1.20518

Keywords:

Constitutional Court, Judiciary, and Board Position

Abstract

This study aims to find and analyze the Herarki or the position of the Constitutional Court in the Scope of Judicial power. Where the decisions issued by the constitutional court are binding for all legal subjects and final, which means that the first and last decisions cannot be appealed. So this research is important to be researched from the history of the idea of the emergence of the constitutional court and its position in the scope of judicial power. In this study, the author will examine the position of the constitutional court based on the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia (1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia) and positive norms that are still in force today (ius contitutum). Based on this description, this study focuses on two problem formulations, namely first, how historically the constitutional court was formed as an institution within the scope of judicial power. Second, what is the position of the constitutional court within the scope of judicial power? This research is a normative research with the main research methods used are the statute approach, historical approach and conceptual approach. In this study, it is drawn from the history of the emergence of the Constitutional Court Institution and entered as one of the spheres of judicial power. Where in the judicial power there are 3 institutions including the Supreme Court Institution, the Judicial Commission Institution and the Constitutional Court Institution. The position in the institution is aligned with no higher or highest institution. Institutions within the scope of judicial power have the principle of check and balance and are independent.

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Published

2025-02-14

Article ID

20518

How to Cite

The Position of the Constitutional Court in the Sphere of Judicial Power. (2025). Indonesian Journal of Pancasila and Global Constitutionalism, 3(2), 119-130. https://doi.org/10.15294/ijpgc.v4i1.20518

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