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Reconstructing the Concept of Gender Justice in Indonesia's Family Law System Based on Constitutional Values

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  • Mahrus Alwi Hasan Siregar

    Universitas Diponegoro, Semarang, Indonesia

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  • Navi’ Vadila

    Yarmouk University, Irbid, Jordan

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  • Abdeldzhalil Abdeldzhalil

    Transilvania University of Brașov, Brașov, Romania

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  • M. Hamim

    Universitas Pamulang, Tangerang Selatan, Indonesia

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Keywords:
Constitutional values, Family law, Gender justice, Reconstruction, Rule of law
Abstract

Family law can no longer be upheld solely as a reflection of social traditions and historical morality. Still, it must be critically re-examined as a normative arena where the constitution challenges, negotiates, and reconstructs gender power relations to align with the principles of equality, human dignity, and substantive justice. The purpose of this study is to develop a conceptual framework for gender justice in family law grounded in the values of the Indonesian constitution. This study uses a normative legal research approach with a conceptual-constitutional orientation enriched with a gender perspective as a critical analytical framework. The results confirm that the problem of gender justice in the Indonesian family law system does not lie solely in the existence of norms that are considered biased, but in the structural tension between the legacy of patriarchal constructs institutionalised in family law and the demands of the constitution, which progressively affirms equality and non-discrimination as fundamental principles of the rule of law. The reconstruction of the concept of gender justice cannot be understood merely as a limited normative revision agenda. Still, it must be positioned as a legal transformation project that critically re-examines power relations within the family through the lens of the constitution. These findings propose the development of a contextual-constitutional framework of gender justice. This paradigm is not trapped in the dichotomy between tradition and modernity, but rather seeks to reconcile religious values, cultural dynamics, and constitutional principles of equality within a more reflective and inclusive framework of interpretation.

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Reconstructing the Concept of Gender Justice in Indonesia’s Family Law System Based on Constitutional Values. (2026). Indonesian Journal of Gender Justice and Family Law, 1(1), 1-18. https://ejournal.mahkotascience.org/index.php/ingefal/article/view/1