Hon. Deputy Chief Justice Andi Syamsu Alam
Achieves Cum Laude from Doctoral Program of UGM
Dr. H. Andi Sjamsu Alam, SH, MH. (fifth from left) with Examiners
Yogyakarta | Badilag.net (13-07-2011)
Andi Syamsu Alam, the Deputy Chief Justice for the Religious Court Affairs, has graduated from the doctoral program on philosophical science at Gadjah Mada University of Yogyakarta with cum laude degree, Tuesday (12/7/2011). He is the 68th alumnus of the philosophical science program at that university and the third in this year.
In the opened oral examination, he successfully defended his dissertation titled Capacity of Marriage in Perspective of Law Philosophy and Its Contribution to the Development of Marriage Law in Indonesia.
.Nine 9 examiners in the opened oral examination include Dr. Joko Siswanto, Prof. Dr. H.R. Soejadi, SH, Dr. M. Mukhtasar Syamsuddin, M.Hum, Prof. Dr. Abd. Gofa Anshori, SH, MH, Prof. Dr. Abbas Hamami Mintaredja, Prof. Dr. Syamsul Hadi SU, Dr. H. Harifin A. Tumpa, SH, MH, Dr.Arkom Kuswanjono, and Dr. Armaidy Armani MSI.
In his dissertation, Andi Syamsu Alam concluded that the minimum age for marriage capacity is 21 years. It should be for both men and women without differentiation between them. According to him, if the age differs it will bring about discrimination and there will cause a big consequence.
Some people said that the minimum age for capacity of marriage stipulated by the Law No. 1974 has been not relevant any more. In the Law, it was stipulated that a man must be at least 19 years old and woman must be 16 years old. Then they proposed that a man must be 21 and woman must be 18. According to Andi Syam Alam, both the Law and what people proposed will indicate a discrimination opinion and impression. It means as if a man will get marriage after he graduates from a university and meanwhile a women graduates from a senior high school only.
It will be dangerous to women because they will not make some progresses in education. They will be forced by the opinion and impression to get marriage at that age. The concept of equal in rank will also include the equal in education. Marriage should not hamper women from getting the higher education.
The Director General of Badilag and all officials congratulated to Honorable Andi Syamsu Alam for his great achievement. It will motivate all staffs and officials of the Religious Courts to improve their skill academically.
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