Title of thesis is used of forced power as an excuse by the judge in
deciding a criminal case (a case study in Yogyakarta District Court ). The
purpose of this research is to find out what is the basic consideration in
deciding cases judges an excuse for criminal use of forced power influence
(overmacht) and what constraints experienced by the judges acquitted the
accused by using excuses because the effect of the forced power (overmacht).
The purpose of this research is to study and obtain data on the basis of
consideration of the judge who acquitted a criminal case using excuses
because of the influence of the forced (overmacht) and constraints
experienced by the judge acquitted the accused by using excuses because of
the forced (overmacht). Basic considerations in deciding the case the judge
must consider the criminal is a legal ground with philosophical truth, the rule
of law emphasizes that the law or regulation enforced as desired by the rules,
Fiat Justitia et Pereat Mundus (even though the world is crumbling law
should be enforced), the judge's decision must be based on sociological values
that emphasize the use of the general public, and should be based on the belief
that not only beradasarkan judge of the evidence that there.