SOURCES OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

SOURCES OF
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW

• Legal basis
• Legal ground
• Sources of law

Sources of Law in General
• Source to identify the law (where we
find the law)
• Source as values influence the norm
of the law.

Hans Kelsen
• A method of creating law
• The reason for the validity of law
• Non juridical that influence the
substance of the norm.

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• The origin of the constitutional law

– Law or regulation made by a
competence ruler
– Authority
– Legal Authority

• Place of the constitutional law
– Type of regulations

• The Factors that influence
constitutional law

• Formal Sources of Law
– Recognized by the form

• Material Sources of law
– Determine the substance of the law

Formal Sources of the law
(Jimly Asshiddiqie)
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Product of legislation or regulation
Contract, treaty
Court decision (Vonnis)
Executive decision (Beschikking)

Article 7 Act No. 12 /2011
• Undang-Undang Dasar Negara Republik
Indonesia Tahun 1945;
• Ketetapan Majelis Permusyawaratan Rakyat;
• Undang-Undang/Peraturan Pemerintah
Pengganti Undang-Undang;
• Peraturan Pemerintah;
• Peraturan Presiden;
• Peraturan Daerah Provinsi;
• Peraturan Daerah Kabupaten/Kota.

Sources of Constitutional Law
Jimly Asshiddiqie)
• The Values of the constitution (Pancasila as
the last source of the law)
• UUD 1945
• Written law and regulation
• Jurisprudence
• Constitutional Convention
• Constitutional Doctrine (ius cominis opinion
doctorum)
• Ratified International Law and International
Customary Law.

Jurisprudence
• Ordinary Court
• Supreme Court
• Constitutional Court

Constitutional Convention
• Understanding

• Maxims, principles.
• Constitutional usages, habits, or
customs.