Author Description

The book was initially a dissertation had been pertained in front of the Senate of Universitas Diponegoro, on June 4, 2003. As clued by the title, it was aimed to explore and describe the legal thought fl ourished in Indonesia in the era of 1945-1990-s. It was focused on the development of legal thought, conducted through collection, inquiry, and inventory of various sources. The inquiry and inventory were deliberately determined within the framework of historical approach, meaning to put the thoughts in the context of space and time. By this perspective, the sources of the theory of law was utilized, both the general and special ones, related to any particular theories or respective period to fi gure out taxonomically those thoughts. By those considerations, the inventory was divided into three period categories: First, period of 1945 to 1960-s, represented by Prof. Dr. Mr. Soepomo and Prof. Dr. Mr. Soekanto; Second. period of 1960 to 1970, represented by Prof. Mr. Djokosutono, Prof. Mr. Hazairin, Prof. Mr. Djojodigoeno dan Prof. Mr. Soediman Kartohadiprodjo: Third,, period of 1970 to 1990-s, represented by Prof. Dr. Satjipto Rahardjo, SH, Prof. Dr. Mochtar Kusumaatmadja, SH, Prof. Dr. Sunaryati Hartono SH dan Prof. Dr. Mohammad Koesnoe, SH.