In recent years, much progress has been made in the handling of corruption cases by the judiciary in Indonesia. Indonesia’s new anti-corruption courts have handed down many guilty verdicts in corruption cases.

This research investigated the likely effect of several Constitutional Court decisions on the anti-corruption courts and their work. One of these Constitutional Court decisions abolished a legal definition of corruption that had made obtaining convictions easier. Another decision declared that the anti-corruption court was established unconstitutionally, and that the anti-corruption court would be disbanded if the Indonesian national parliament (DPR) does not remedy the problem by late 2009.

 

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