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Justice for Women in Divorce Cases before the Religious Courts of Southeast Sulawesi: Feminist and Legal Pluralist Perspectives

Samarah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Hukum Islam · Vol. 10 No. 2 (2026) · hlm. 1188–1217

DOI
10.22373/j0wnq570
ISSN
2549-3167, 2549-3132
Terbit
2026-07-31
Penerbit
Islamic Family Law Department, Sharia and Law Faculty, Universitas Islam Negeri Ar-Raniry
Bahasa
eng
Lisensi
creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Abstrak

This study examines the legal construction of contested divorce within Indonesia's Religious Court system through the analytical lenses of feminist legal theory and legal pluralism. It argues that contested divorce represents the institutional adaptation of Islamic family law within the national legal system and has significant implications for women's legal rights and access to justice. Employing an empirical legal research approach, the study integrates the analysis of legal norms with the realities of judicial practice in the Religious Courts of Southeast Sulawesi. The research draws upon feminist legal theory and legal pluralism as its principal theoretical frameworks. Data were collected through document analysis and semi-structured interviews. Documentary sources included Religious Court divorce statistics, statutory regulations, judicial decisions, scholarly books, and peer-reviewed journal articles, while interviews were conducted with Religious Court judges and legal scholars from universities in Southeast Sulawesi. The findings demonstrate that the increasing prevalence of contested divorce reflects women's growing legal consciousness and their willingness to assert their rights through formal judicial mechanisms. Women increasingly utilize legal institutions to challenge unequal or harmful marriages, indicating that the Religious Court system has become a more accessible avenue for seeking justice. Contested divorce may be understood as a positive indicator of expanding access to justice. From the perspective of Islamic law, the institutionalization of contested divorce represents a process of normative adaptation through which the Religious Courts have reinterpreted classical Islamic legal principles in light of contemporary demands for justice, legal protection, and gender equality. Viewed through the framework of legal pluralism, the study further finds that contested divorce emerges from the interaction among state law, Islamic law, and customary (adat) law.

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  • Muhammadiyah University of Makassar
  • Universitas Ahmad Dahlan
  • Universitas Airlangga
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Rahman HasimaUniversitas Halu Oleo7
Nur IntanUniversitas Halu Oleo7
Ramadan TabiuUniversitas Halu Oleo6
Sahrina SafiuddinUniversitas Halu Oleo5
Jumiati UkkasUniversitas Halu Oleo5
Jabalnur JabalnurUniversitas Halu Oleo4
Fitriah FaisalUniversitas Halu Oleo3
Rizal MuchtasarUniversitas Halu Oleo3
St. Muslimah SuciatiUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Haris YusufUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Asri SarifUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Deity YuningsihUniversitas Halu Oleo2
Ipandang IpandangInstitut Agama Islam Negeri Kendari1
Muhammad Zulfahnuri SyamsuAfiliasi tidak diketahui1
Siti Misnar Abdul JalilUniversitas Lakidende1
Al Asgar KamaluddinUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Arddin ArddinAfiliasi tidak diketahui1
Akbar AkbarMuhammadiyah University of Makassar1
Endah WidyastutiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Zahrowati ZahrowatiUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Muh. NazarAfiliasi tidak diketahui1
HERMAN HERMANUniversitas Ahmad Dahlan1
La Ode M. SulihinAfiliasi tidak diketahui1
La SensuUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Lade SirjonUniversitas Halu Oleo1
La Ode Muhamad SulihinUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Guasman TatawuUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Muhammad YusufUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Jamal BakeUniversitas Halu Oleo1
Muh. NazzarAfiliasi tidak diketahui1
Wahyu AliansaUniversitas Airlangga1
Muhammad SyukriUniversitas Halu Oleo1
La Ode Muhammad SulihinAfiliasi tidak diketahui1
Muhammad JufriAfiliasi tidak diketahui1
Margareta RahayuningsihAfiliasi tidak diketahui1

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