Law conflict handling of oil palm plantation by government that social justice

Abstract

Plantation land conflicts become a serious problem in Indonesia, especially in Deli Serdang, North Sumatra, the Plantation Law has been established since 2004 and changes were made in 2014, but plantation land conflicts still occur today. The lack of economic levelling is the main factor so that the communities around the plantation work on government land as their land and residence. The aims of this research were to find how handling the law conflict of oil palm plantation in Deli Serdang North Sumatra and find the solution that given by government so the social justice was realized. This research used normative-juridical to people. The conclusions of this study were the number of plantation business conflicts in Deli Serdang illustrates that legal conflicts regarding the cultivation of plantation land have not shown clear consistency, especially the role and function of the government in handling plantation business conflicts to provide social justice for all people; the stipulation of the Plantation Law basically brought about fundamental changes in plantation management in Indonesia. In the substance of the Act, it has not comprehensively regulated the handling of plantation business conflicts. The Government’s efforts to handle plantation business conflicts Litigation and Non Litigation.