The Influence of Cultural and Legal Factors in Decisions Regarding the Existence of Royal Customary Lands: A Study in Surakarta, Indonesia

Abstract

The meaning of the former royal land which differed between the government and the kingdom became one of the triggers of conflict in Indonesia. Horizontal conflict involves the community, kingdom and local government. Likewise, at this time there are many conflicts related to ex-kingdom land which finally ended in a court dispute in the city of Surakarta, namely the Surakarta kingdom domain land and the Mangkunegaran domain land.T he study was conducted using the socio legal method qualitatively. It is hoped that the hidden meanings of the objects and subjects under study are expected. This approach is carried out to understand the law in the context of the community. In this study looked at the reality of the validity of the ex-Kingdom land in Surakarta. The reality of the absence of Government Regulation as instructed in Dictum IV letter B of the BALA has resulted in a prolonged conflict between the Regional Government and the royal heirs as well as the people who have an interest in the ex-royal land. Based on the results of the study, the Kingdom of Surakarta and Mangkunegaran, were customary communities, because the King as the head of customary rules still had the same territorial and descendant territory and had authority in and out of his customary area. So that the land of the former kingdom acts as customary land for the Kingdom of Surakarta.