Legal Certainty in Settlement of Criminal Cases through Restorative Justice

Abstract

This article tries to examine the core of the problem, on how legal certainty is implemented in criminal case settlement through the principle of restorative justice. This research is doctrinal legal research that uses a legal approach in addition to a conceptual approach. Meanwhile, the analysis is carried out through qualitative analysis and grammatical interpretation, as well as systematic interpretation. The systematic interpretation is carried out by interpreting laws and regulations as part of the overall system of laws and regulations by connecting them with other laws logically and systematically. This article ends with a suggestion that there is a need for uniformity in regulations regarding the settlement of criminal cases through restorative justice so that it can provide legal certainty to victims and also perpetrators of criminal acts whose cases are resolved through restorative justice.

Keywords

• restorative justice
• legal certainty
• criminal justice system