Transcendent Islamic Law as a New Legal Criticism:

A Case of Islamic Law Practices in Indonesia

Adi Nur Rohman

Widya Romasindah Aidy

Jantarda Mauli Hutagalung

Rona Apriana Fajarwati

 

Abstract: Law as a norm will always be present to regulate all aspects of human life. In its journey, the formation of laws in various countries will always be influenced by various factors, such as religions, politics, economics, socio-culture, and information technology. At the same time, the legal products that are born are inevitably subject to various kinds of intrigue and even tend to favour certain groups. In response to this, experts have developed a critical perspective on legal products so that they can be reinterpreted, and their application can be in line with the existing norms. This article aims to find a new paradigm in studying and criticising legal products based on transcendental values. The existence of transcendent Islamic law as raw material for the formation of law in Indonesia is seen as capable of filtering legal products that will emerge. This article concludes that law requires approaches that are based on divine values as well as other values such as morals and justice. Thus, the existence of transcendental legal criticism can provide a new perspective to the law that truly guarantees the realisation of the goals and ideals of the law itself. Most importantly, the article finds that the law will always side with human benefit so that transcendental values will always be relevant in producing current and future legal products.