ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses the intellectual vision and leadership of the chief justice influence court decisions in a few major policy areas. It provides a general analysis of the scholarly work and personal vision of the founding chief justice of the Indonesian Constitutional Court, Jimly Asshiddiqie. He led the Court to strike down some of the legislation that established new administrative agencies, such as the Judicial Commission; and special courts, like the Anti-Corruption Court. In the early days of the Court's operation, Asshiddiqie had delivered a signal that the Court should clean up the mess not only related to the past human right abuses but also to economic issues. He considered the privatization of state-owned enterprises as an open option for the Indonesian economy. According to Asshiddiqie, the government should draw a road map for economic reform, and he suggested that the government build a secure social infrastructure first before liberalizing markets in the country.
