Pemberdayaan Peran Lembaga Arbitrase dalam Penyelesaian Sengketa Bisnis di Indonesia

Peran lembaga arbitrase dirasa belum optimal. Tulisan ini mengkaji faktor-faktor yang mempengaruhi kinerja Lembaga Arbitrase dan upaya pemberdayaan lembaga arbitrase dalam penyelesaian sengketa bisnis di Indonesia. Berdasarkan ada pendekatan yuridis-sosiologis, dapat diketahui bahwa terdapat beberapa faktor yang mempengaruhi peran lembaga arbitrase, yaitu rendahnya pemahaman masyarakat terhadap hukum, khususnya arbitrase; budaya litigasi masih dominan di masyarakat; sistem hukum (khususnya substansi hukum) yang masih bersifat fakultatif; serta keberadaan lembaga arbitrase yang terbatas hanya di kota besar saja. Upaya untuk memberdayakan Lembaga arbitrase adalah dengan melakukan pendidikan hukum, khususnya bidang arbitrase; membangun paradigma non-litigasi; membangun (substansi) norma hukum imperatif; serta memperkuat dan memperbanyak lembaga arbitrase.Empowering the Role of Arbitration Institution for Business Dispute Settlement in Indonesia AbstractThe article aims to examine and determine the factors that affect the level of operation in Arbitration Institute and to understand how empowering efforts of arbitration institution in dealing with dispute resolution in Indonesian business. Under the socio-juridical approach, there are several factors which affect the function of arbitration institutions, namely: poor public understanding of the law, particularly on arbitration; litigation culture is still dominant in society; legal system (particularly legal substance) is still voluntary; arbitration institutions are limited in big cities. The efforts to empower arbitration institutions are: conducting legal education, especially in the field of arbitration; building a non-litigation paradigm; construction (substance) imperative legal norms; as well as strengthening and multiplying the arbitration institution. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22304/pjih.v4n1.a