State Responsibility in Harmonizing People's Economic Development and Environmental Protection: An Examination of The State Paradigm Sustainable Welfare Law
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This research aims to examine and analyze the legal construction of the state's responsibility in harmonizing people's economic development with the obligation to protect and manage the environment in Indonesia. This issue is important because the constitution places the control of production branches that are important for the state and natural resources for the greatest prosperity of the people, but at the implementation level there is often disharmony between economic growth policies and the principles of sustainable development. This study uses normative legal research methods with a statutory approach, a comparative approach, a theoretical approach, and a philosophical approach. Legal materials are analyzed prescriptive-qualitatively with the framework of thesis dialectics, antitheses, and synthesis. The results of the study show that the gap between das sollen and das sein in the development of the people's economy that is environmentally friendly is caused by the weak integration of sustainable development principles into investment policies, overlapping regulations after the enactment of the Job Creation Law, and weak supervision and enforcement of environmental laws. This study recommends strengthening the paradigm of a sustainable welfare state through harmonization of regulations, strengthening environmental economic instruments, and community participation as the basis for the legitimacy of development policies.
Institution: Lampung University
Language: English
Subfield: Law
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204040941