We often hear the term civil law, and even in our daily lives, we carry out activities within the scope of civil law, such as when buying and selling, making agreements, and all other personal relationships. So what is the definition of civil law and what is the scope of civil law? To find out, let's read the explanation below.
Definition of Civil Law
Civil Law is the law that regulates relations between individuals in society. The term civil law in a broad sense includes all material private law and can be said to be the opposite of criminal law.
For this material private law, some also use the term civil law, but the term civil is also in contrast to military, so the name Civil Law is more commonly used for all material private law regulations.
In addition to the definition of civil law above, several experts have also expressed different opinions, including:
- Subekti S.H., Civil Law is the basic law that regulates individual interests.
- Soediman Kartohadiprodjo, S.H., Civil Law is all legal regulations that determine and regulate civil rights and obligations.
- Sudikno Mertokusumo, S.H., Civil Law is the law between individuals that regulates the rights and obligations of one individual towards another in family and social interactions. R Wirjono Prodjodikoro, S.H., Civil Law is a series of laws between one person or legal entity and another regarding rights and obligations.
- H.F.A Vollmar, civil law is the regulations or norms that provide restrictions and therefore provide protection for the interests of one person and another in a particular society (for example, the Netherlands), especially those relating to family relationships and traffic relations. Civil law is also called civil law or private law.
- L.J. Van Apeldoorn, Civil Law is the law containing legal regulations whose object is interests special and whose problems will be defended or not, submitted to those concerned.
Based on several expert opinions regarding the definition of civil law above, it can be concluded that civil law is the law that regulates legal relations between the rights and obligations of one person/legal entity and another in social life, with an emphasis on individual/personal interests.
Scope of Civil Law
There are 2 (two) scopes of civil law, namely civil law in a broad sense and civil law in a narrow sense. The following is an explanation of the two scopes of civil law.
Civil Law in a Broad Sense
Civil law in a broad sense includes all regulations contained in the Civil Code, the Commercial Code and other additional laws and regulations (such as Agrarian Law, Customary Law, Islamic Law, and Labor Law)
Civil Law in a Narrow Sense
[ninja_tables id="9943"]Civil law in a narrow sense includes all regulations contained in the Civil Code, namely: Personal Law, Property Law (Wealth Law), Family Law, Inheritance Law, Obligation Law and Evidence and Statute of Limitations.
Based on the explanation above, it can be concluded that this Civil Law can be in written form, as contained and regulated in the Civil Code and the Commercial Code, as well as other laws and regulations, and can also be in unwritten form, such as Customary Law.
How after listening to the explanation about the definition and scope of civil law above? hopefully the explanation above can be useful. Read also the article about Overlap of Seizure of Bankruptcy Assets Based on the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU with the Criminal Procedure Code which discusses the overlapping regulations regarding the confiscation of bankruptcy assets in the Bankruptcy Law and PKPU with the Criminal Procedure Code (KUHAP).
That is the explanation of the Definition of Civil Law and the Scope of Civil Law.
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