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- ↑ Adriaan Bedner, Administrative Courts in Indonesia: A Socio-legal Study, pg. 22. Leiden: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2001. ISBN 9789041116338
- 1 2 Sebastian Pompe, The Indonesian Supreme Court: A Study of Institutional Collapse, pg. 47. Ithaca: Cornell Southeast Asia Program, 2005. ISBN 9780877277385
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- ↑ Ina Parlina, Court ruling weakens Judicial Commission. Jakarta Post, 8 October 2015. Accessed 26 October 2016.