Study on the Importance of Creating a Religious Court in South Tangerang

Abstract

The roots of civil case disputes, especially in the field of marriage, inheritance, wills, and grants, are very complex. Disputes in which there are aspects of civil law which are the domain of general courts and religious courts. The discourse on the establishment of a Religious Court is currently being hotly discussed, especially in the working area of South Tangerang City. Considering that this area is a very strategic area and supports various aspects of economic and social life which is very adequate. Considering that the City of South Tangerang is a developing area of expansion, the large number of immigrants who are generally young, qualified people makes the City of South Tangerang very iconic and the rate of growth is very significant. This research also wants to find answers, how important is the formation of a religious court in the City of South Tangerang considering that the area is a strategic area with various sectors and very adequate human resources. So that the issues raised in this study are all the things that lie behind the importance of establishing the South Tangerang City Religious Court, the efforts made by the South Tangerang City Government to the Supreme Court regarding the proposal to hold a Religious Court in the jurisdiction of South Tangerang City. This research method uses the Sociological approach to law (Socio-legal research) with the Basic Theory (Grand Theory). (Applied Theory) that researcher’s uses in this study are two theories at once. that in the framework of equal distribution of opportunities for justice and improvement of legal services to the community in order to achieve quick, simple and low-cost settlement of cases, it is deemed necessary to establish a Religious Court in South Tangerang. The Tangsel Religious Court is expected to be realized in the 2020s. The South Tangerang government will provide land for the Tangsel Religious Court, while the central government will prepare the budget for its development. The formation of this institution refers to Law Number 51 of 2008 concerning South Tangerang City which requires all agencies to be formed in newly created cities.