Model of Social Conflict Settlement According to Lampung Adat Law

Abstract

The Indonesian nation is heterogeneous because it has various ethnic groups, languages, and customs. This situation indicates that a potential social conflict might occur. In managing potential social conflict, Law No. 7 of 2012 was enacted. This law regulates the resolution of social conflicts through the mechanism of traditional institutions. This research uses a legal concept approach, namely the concept of Lampung adat law, to overcome social conflict. The findings are: First, Law No. 7 of 2012 has not regulated social conflicts settlement specifically in procedural aspect and give a chance to a traditional institution to take its role. Second, Lampung adat law can systematically settle the social conflict through the internalized value of Piil Pesenggiri, which functions as a moral order to Lampung people and heavily relies on the joint meeting of perwatin adat to hold rembuk pekon. This research recommends that social conflicts settlement regulation considers including the Lampung adat law principle into national law. The Lampung local government should manage incoming social conflict based on the traditional institution to provide open space for Lampung adat law in carrying out its role.