Title:
THE LEGAL CULTURE OF EARLY WEDDING IN THE VILLAGE OF MEDANG SUKAMULYA RUMPIN, BOGOR INDONESIA

Authors:
A Salman Maggalatung, Amrizal Siagian and Nilasari Nilasari

Abstract:
Early marriage is generally practiced in Kampung Medang Sukamulya Rumpin Bogor by women aged 15 to 17 years’ old who are still enrolled in high school. The impact of this early marriage causes problems for the perpetrators, such as mental unpreparedness, unpreparedness in educating children, and from an economic standpoint, couples who do early marriage cannot be fully independent in fulfilling their household needs, and administratively, the perpetrators of early marriage cannot be registered because of their insufficient age. This study is a qualitative descriptive type of sociological empirical research, in which information on events based on facts in the community is examined and extracted for further processing and data analysis. Techniques for gathering data include interviews, observation, and documentation. The findings of this study show that the community lacks legal awareness and compliance; the legal culture of society is classified as subject culture (less concerned with the law), with the characteristics of submitting to leaders and finding it difficult to accept laws from outside their circles.

Keywords:
Legal Culture, Society, Marriage, Early Age

DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.52267/IJASER.2021.2303