The Entry of Law No. 5 Of 1990 and the Impact on the Preservation of the Lamaholot Culture

Taslim Pua Gading

Abstract


This study aims to determine the relationship between Law no. 5 of 1990 concerning the conservation of biological natural resources and their ecosystems with the culture of the lamaholot tribe in this case elephant tusks which are used as dowries in the marriage tradition. The method used in this research is a normative legal research with a statutory approach and a conceptual approach which is carried out by the author conducting an assessment of the laws related to the research objectives. The data used in this study is secondary data in this case Law no. 5 of 1990 and the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia. In this study it was found that there is a legal conflict in the hierarchy of the formation of laws and regulations, where the Law on the Conversation of living natural resources and their ecosystems contradicts higher regulations as a basic reference in the formation of the legislation below. . In this inequality in the formation of laws and regulations, elephant ivory which is used as a dowry in the marriage tradition of the Lamaholot tribe is contrary to Law no. 5 of 1990 but this tradition has actually been recognized and respected by the State through the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia Article 18B paragraph (2). Thus, the writer concludes that in the hierarchy of laws and regulations in Indonesia, there is a legal conflict between laws which hierarchically position under the 1945 Constitution of the Republic of Indonesia.


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Conversation, Culture, Ivory as Mahar

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