@article{MAKHILLTSS201813324637,
    title = {Why Does Indonesia Need a Clarity Concept of Legal Liability of
Government Officials in Corruption Eradication Efforts?},
    journal = {The Social Sciences},
    volume = {13},
    number = {3},
    pages = {539-547},
    year = {2018},
    issn = {1818-5800},
    doi = {sscience.2018.539.547},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1818-5800&doi=sscience.2018.539.547},
    author = {Boy Yendra},
    keywords = {Eradication of corruption,legal liability,government officials,responsibility,implementation,corruption},
    abstract = {The effort to eradicate corruption in Indonesia faces several conditions such as high rate of
corruption, problems in different views of law related to criminal corruption in government officials in applying
their office authority, especially on court decisions. These issues raise the question of how the concept of legal
responsibility of government officials in Indonesia in carrying out its duties, functions and authority of their
position. This research aims to find the answer by conducting legal research with conceptual approach, statute
approach and case approach. The research found out that various concepts of legal responsibility are used in
the handling of corruption crime in Indonesia related to the implementation of position authority from
government officials and it makes the ambiguity of the interpretation of the elements of corruption offense and
inconsistency in the application of law. Indonesia’s criminal corruption law should have its own concept of
responsibility in the effort to eradicate corruption, especially in the case of corruption whose legal subjects are
government officials.}
    }