The Uses of E-mail as a Medium on the Contante Justitie Proceedings on the Courts in Indonesia

Abstract

This research aims to know how the contante justitie principle may be applied into the enforced legislation in Indonesia, and to investigate the synergy of proceedings by means of e-mail in realizing contante justitie. The research employed in this paper is normative research, using both primary and secondary legal sources. Primary sources obtained from compiling relevant rules on the research concerned, in addition to secondary sources taken from books, court decisions, newspapers, internet materials and others relevant with the issue; that is to oversee the contradictions of humanist and mechanical processes when utilizing the internet e-mail for the court proceedings. The use of internet media e-mail in the correspondence process is expected to cut down the time, cost and potential instability. Thus strongly supports the realization of the principle of contante justitie in court proceedings more effectively and efficiently.

Keywords

• Contante Justitie
• E-mail
• Judicial Power
• Law Reform