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When Law Becomes Power: Rethinking the State’s Role in Indonesia’s Land Conflicts

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December 20, 2025 | 00:19 WIB |December 20, 2025 | 00:19 WIB | 39 Click Reads

Palm Oil Magazine — Legal scholar Grahat Nagara argues that agrarian law in Indonesia has increasingly functioned as an instrument of state control rather than protection, leaving long-established communities marginalized and treated as outsiders on their own land. Photo by: Sawit Fest 2021 / Trismon Saputra

When Law Becomes Power: Rethinking the State’s Role in Indonesia’s Land Conflicts

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