Optimization of the Role of Legal Aid Posts in Handling Cases for Underprivileged Communities to Achieve Access to Justice

Irvan Zainur; Prijo Santoso; Fitri Windradi

doi:10.58737/jpled.v6i3.1789

Authors

Irvan Zainur Universitas Kadari
Prijo Santoso Universitas Kadari
Fitri Windradi Universitas Kadari

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.58737/jpled.v6i3.1789

Keywords:

Legal Aid Post, Legal Effectiveness, Access to Justice, Literacy

Abstract

Legal Aid Post (Posbakum) is a legal aid service that exists in every court of first instance to provide legal assistance to the community as an effort to improve Access to Justice for the community as mandated by Law No. 16 of 2011 concerning Legal Aid. The existence of Posbakum is expected to increase the legal aid index and have a positive effect on the handling of cases for the community. The Kediri Regency District Court Posbakum is one of those that carries out this function considering the high number of cases in the Kediri Regency District Court. However, in its implementation the Kediri District Court Posbakum was only able to reach around 31.4% of service users when compared to the total cases entered at the Kediri District Court where the Petitioner or Plaintiff were included in the category of underprivileged people. Departing from this problem, the researchers are trying to find out and analyze the level of effectiveness of Legal Aid Post services (Posbakum) and find out their influence on the handling of cases for the poor. To achieve this goal, in this skrispsi the researcher uses a type of non-doctrinal (normative-empirical) research which combines two stages of study which includes a study of applicable normative laws with the implementation of these normative legal rules in real life or in concreto in order to achieve the goals set. determined, the approach used is the legal effectiveness approach and the enactment of the law. Sources of data used are literary data, official reports in the form of agreements and interviews. The analysis was carried out qualitatively, and the research results were presented in the form of narrative paragraphs while the data were presented in an analytical descriptive manner. The technique of testing the validity of the research data was carried out using data triangulation techniques. The practice of legal aid services at the Kediri Regency District Court in the form of a Legal Aid Post makes a positive contribution to efforts to realize Access to Justice for the community, especially the poor. This is due to various factors, mainly the existence of a multi-interpretative definition of an underprivileged society, the lack of socialization and legal education within the community and the inadequate condition of facilities and infrastructure. In the end, the low level of effectiveness of Posbakum services at the Kediri Regency District Court also affected the quality of case handling for the underprivileged at the Kediri Regency District Court. Therefore, improvements are needed at the normative policy level to provide a clearer picture of the definition of disadvantaged people and the mechanism for providing legal assistance to them, increasing legal education efforts in the community and improving facilities and information facilities at the Kediri Regency District Court to support the implementation of legal aid services for underprivileged society.

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