Normative Review of The Optimization of Village Peace Judges and its Relevance to National Legal Development

Abstract

The mandate of Law Number 6 of 2014 concerning Villages, one of which is to function as the Village Head as Village Peace Judge, to create a safe and peaceful society among village residents in accordance with what the Government desires, so that no problems occur among village residents always referred to the Court, because it is possible that a case can only be resolved by the Village Justice of the Peace, especially for simple cases that occur in communities that have a traditional pattern of life with customary norms that form the basis. This research uses Normative Legal Research Methods. The conclusion of this research is that optimizing the Village Justice of the Peace (informal) as part of the State (formal) justice system is by optimizing the duties and obligations of the Village Head as regulated in article 26 paragraph (4) letter k, Law No. 6 of 2016 concerning Villages. The suggestion of this research is : To ensure the functioning of the Village Justice of the Peace in the Village Justice system, and so that it runs in accordance with its function, the existence of the Village Court in practice so that it does not often clash with the state's formal justice system, in improving national law as a whole, relevance must be seen Village Justice system.