Offers an analysis of the politics of court reform through a focused review of Indonesia's complex court system.
1. The judicial reform landscape in Indonesia: innovation, specialisation and the legacy of Dan S. Lev Melissa Crouch; Part I. Continuity and Change in the General Court System: 2. The Supreme Court: Reformasi, independence and the failure to ensure legal certainty Rifqi Assegaf; 3. The District Courts: sentencing decisions as evolving legal culture? Daniel Pascoe; 4. The 'justice system postman': the Indonesian prosecution system at work Fachrizal Afandi; Part II. Specialised Courts Established under the New Order: 5. The Religious Courts: does Lev's analysis still hold? Stijn Cornelius van Huis; 6. The Administrative Courts: the quest for consistency Adriaan Bedner and Herlambang Perdana Wiratraman; Part III. Specialised Courts as Judicial Reform Strategy: 7. The Anti-corruption Courts and the persistence of judicial culture Simon Butt; 8. The Commercial Court: a story of unfinished reforms Gustaaf Reerink, Kevin Omar Sidharta, Aria Suyudi and Sofie Hewitt; 9. The Small Claims Court: an innovation in judicial reform Binziad Kadafi; 10. The Fisheries Court: government-led judicial development? Indriaswati Dyah Saptraningrun; 11. The Constitutional Court: a Levian take on its place in the Reformasi Theunis Roux; Part IV. Courts and Rights: 12. The Juvenile Courts and children's rights: good intentions, flawed execution Putri K. Amanda, Shaila Tieken, Sharyn Graham Davies and Santi Kusumaningrum; 13. The Human Rights Courts: embedding impunity Ken Setiawan; 14. The Industrial Relations Court: challenges for labour rights Surya Tjandra; 15. The media: megaspectacles and transparency in the courts Ross Tapsell and Sita Dewi; 16. Lev on the links between legal evolution, political change and activism Frank Munger; Epilogue Fritz Siregar.