KEDUDUKAN ADVOKAT DALAM PEMBAHARUAN PARADIGMA PENEGAKAN HUKUM INDONESIA

Abstract

Advocate or attorney is a legal profession which has become the profession of legal
experts. Apart from that, the existence of an advocate as a law enforcer has actually
been regulated in Article 5 of Law 18 of 2003 concerning Advocates (Advocate Law).
However, the existence of article 5 paragraph (1) has not provided an explanation
regarding the concrete form of advocates as law enforcers, this makes the existence of
advocates as law enforcers still lacking clarity, especially in their role as one of the
components in the criminal justice system in Indonesia. Based on this research, there are
four urgencies for an advocate's position in the criminal justice system, namely: (a)
advocate as a legal service provider and legal aid provider, (b) advocate as a supervisor
and guardian of judicial integrity, (c) an advocate as a counterweight to the dominance
of the enforcer. law, (d) advocate as a defender of human dignity. With the existence of
four urgencies, the position of an advocate as law enforcer. It is hoped that this writing
will be able to emphasize and strengthen the role of advocates as one of the components
in the criminal justice system in Indonesia and all components of the law, further
changes need to be made to Advocate regulations, especially regarding the problem of
the judicial mafia and a concrete explanation of the role of advocates as law enforcers in
Indonesia.