The Efficiency of the Omnibus Law and Its Impacts on Investment and Labor in Indonesia: An Economic Analysis of Law from a Transcendental Perspective
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https://doi.org/10.23917/jtl.v7i2.14340Keywords:
Economic_Analysis_of_Law, Omnibus Law, Efisiensi Hukum, Keadilan_Sosial., Social JusticeAbstract
Penelitian ini menganalisis penerapan Economic Analysis of Law dalam menilai efisiensi regulasi Omnibus Law Cipta Kerja di Indonesia. Fokus kajian diarahkan pada bagaimana kebijakan deregulasi tersebut berpengaruh terhadap efisiensi ekonomi nasional, peningkatan investasi, serta keseimbangan antara pertumbuhan ekonomi dan keadilan sosial. Melalui pendekatan teori efisiensi hukum, Pareto Efficiency, Kaldor-Hicks Efficiency, dan Institutional Efficiency, penelitian ini menemukan bahwa Omnibus Law secara normatif berhasil menurunkan sebagian biaya transaksi dan mendorong iklim investasi, namun secara substantif masih menimbulkan ketimpangan distribusi manfaat, terutama terhadap pekerja dan masyarakat kecil. Dalam perspektif Hukum Profetik yang dikembangkan oleh Prof. Absori, efisiensi hukum yang sejati haruslah berkeadilan dan berkemaslahatan, yakni hukum yang tidak hanya efisien secara ekonomi, tetapi juga humanis, adil sosial, dan bermoral spiritual. Oleh karena itu, Omnibus Law perlu diarahkan pada model prophetic economic efficiency, efisiensi yang menyeimbangkan antara pasar, manusia, dan moralitas hukum.
This article analyzes the application of the Economic Analysis of Law in assessing the efficiency of the Job Creation Omnibus Law in Indonesia. The focus of this analysis is on how this deregulation policy influences the efficiency of the national economy, increases investment, and creates a balance between economic growth and social justice. Using the approach of the theories of legal efficiency, Pareto Efficiency, Kaldor-Hicks Efficiency, and Institutional Efficiency, this research found that the Omnibus Law has normatively succeeded in decreasing some transaction costs, while encouraging an investment climate. However, substantively, it still leads to a gap in benefit distribution, which especially affects workers and lower-level citizens. From the Prophetic Law perspective developed by Prof. Absori, true legal efficiency must be just and bring benefits (maslahah), i.e., a law that is not only economically efficient, but also humanist, socially just, and has spiritual morality. Therefore, the Omnibus Law needs to be directed to a prophetic economic efficiency model, i.e., efficiency that balances the market, human beings, and legal morality.
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