Protection against Women from the Perspective of Working of Law in Society

Abstract

Violence against women in Indonesia, which was recorded by the National Commission on Violence against Women is increasing every year. There are various possibilities that affect the increasing levels of violence against women, such as increased due to increased insight into women's reports of their rights, the higher understanding of law enforcement on violence against women or ineffective laws provide protection to women as victims.

The existence of the legal system in the context of the social environment is one of the sub-systems among other social subsystems, such as social, cultural, political and economic. This means, the existence of a legal system can not be removed separated by society as a base workings. In this context, the enforcement and operation of the legal system will be strongly influenced by the social system components are interlinked with each other.

Each component of each influences to enter values or norms that exist in an environment laden with the influence of non-legal factors other. The components of the legal system and the influence of the mutual influence, namely the law-making institutions, the holder of the role (role occupant) as well as societal strength of personal (personal societal force), the culture of law (legal culture) as well as the elements of feedback of the workings of the ongoing legal.