This thesis titled Law Acknowledgment and Protection towards District
Land Rights of Custom Law Community in accordance with Regional Autonomy
in Colol Village Head, Poco Ranaka Timur District, East Manggarai Regency. In
2003, Manggarai Regency Regional Government conducted coffee plants cutaway
of custom law community in Colol Vilage Head. That action harmed community
who had long managed district rights of local custom law. That action was clearly
in contrary with in Indonesian constitutions. In accordance with regional
autonomy, regional government was given full authority to administer custom law
community interest along with its district rights by regulating it in Regional
Regulation that delivered law acknowledgment and protection towards its
existence.
Therefore, this research was aimed to know, to examine and to analize
how district existence on custom law community in Colol Vilage Head was
government in accordance with regional autonomy was. Data was obtained by
literature research and field research through literature study and interview than
was analized qualitatively by emperical/sociological juridical approach and
inductively-thinking method.
The research result showed that district land rights was still
acknowledged, managed and ruled together by community through a leadership
system in a custom institution. So far, there was still no efforts and willingness
from regional government to establish a Regional Regulation that specifically
delivered law acknowledgment and protection towards district land rights of
custom law community land. This implied with no existence of acknowledgment,
protection guarantee and also law certeanty of district land rights management
and utilization on local custom community lands.