Abstract

This research aims to study the application of the article 49 letter (i) of Law No, 3/2006 toward the Competence of Religious Court within the shariah economy field, to study the settlement mechanism for shariah economy disputes in Religious Court as well as to analyzes the application of the article 49 letter (i) of Law No. 3/2006 in Religious Court rulings relating to shariah economy cases. This research uses three (3) approaches; firstly, statute approach is an approach that studies statutes and regulations relating to the authority of Religious Courts to settle the shariah economy disputes; second, conceptual approach is an approach that studies legal concepts and legal experts opinion relating to the syariah economy disputes; and the third, case approach is an approach that studies the religious court’s rulings that have permanent legal power relating to shariah economy cases. This research comes to conclusion that the article 49 letter (i) of Law No. 3/2006 has widely been implemented. The investigation mechanism using procedure of general civil law, and the implementation of the article have been introduced to the rulings with some constraints and limitation.. Keywords : Settlement, Disputes, Economy, Shariah, Religious Court.