God's Sovereignty in the 1945 Constitution and Its Implementation in the Formation of Sharia Legislation

Abstract

Sovereignty is a concept of supreme power in a state. God's sovereignty, which means the highest authority in a country is God. God has sovereignty over the administration of the state or government. The problem in this study is how the concept of God's sovereignty in the 1945 Constitution needs to be implemented in the lives of Indonesian Muslims in the context of the Indonesian legal state. The results of this study explain that the teaching of God's sovereignty in the 1945 Constitution is the basis for organizing national, state and social life. The teaching of God's sovereignty needs to be implemented by establishing laws and regulations that have Sharia nuances. The 1945 Constitution as a written basic law has provided direction and objectives in the formation of law in Indonesia, especially for Muslims in Indonesia. In the context of an Islamic state of law (nomocracy), the 1945 Constitution contains maqashid sharia whose aim is to form laws in accordance with the philosophical values prescribed by Allah to mankind for the benefit of the people. The direction and objectives of the law that have been determined in the 1945 Constitution will make it easier for the Indonesian Muslim community to see which laws are good to follow and which laws need to be changed. So far, there have been laws or regulations resulting from national legislation products with Islamic nuances, including regional regulations.