Legal Rationalization and The Protection of Children Born Outside Marriage In Indonesia: A Max Weberian Analysis
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https://doi.org/10.52496/mjhki.v4i2.190Keywords:
Legal Rationalization, Children Born Outside Marriage, Child Protection, Islamic Family Law, Max WeberAbstract
The relationship between national law and Islamic family law in regulating the status and protection of children born out of wedlock still leaves conceptual problems, especially related to the recognition of civil relationships, parental responsibility, and legal certainty. This study aims to analyze these issues using Max Weber's theory of social action, especially the concept of legal rationalization. Weber's theory is relevant to understand how legal norms, value considerations, and action orientation can be used as an analytical framework in examining legal developments. This study uses normative juridical methods through legislative and conceptual approaches, by analyzing legal documents and doctrines related to Islamic family law and child protection. The results of the analysis show that there are dynamics in the formulation and interpretation of norms regarding civil relations for children born out of wedlock, especially in an effort to bring together the principles of Islamic law, national legal certainty, and the protection of children's rights. These normative findings show a change in the direction of regulation and interpretation, but do not directly prove the social motives of the lawmakers and implementers. This study offers a conceptual contribution by placing legal rationalization as an analytical framework to explain the relationship between norms, values, and child protection without assuming rationalization as a pre-proven conclusion.
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