The Legal Role in Developing Indonesian Cooperative Business in National Economy Through Partnership in Facing Global Era for Improving Community Welfare

Abstract

Cooperatives must build and develop partnership cooperation to survive in freemarket competition and economic globalization, both between cooperatives and other forms of business entities. In addition to maintaining its survival, cooperatives need to strengthen their existence and position in the national economic structure as the cornerstone of the Indonesian economy. Conceptually, a market that can run perfectly is the ideal way to achieve normative goals, namely, the people's prosperity. This phenomenon is worth studying given the legal role in building cooperatives and how cooperatives can offer the community's prosperity. This study uses normative juridical research by applying descriptive analysis. After the data were collected, they were analyzed using a qualitative juridical method. The law imposed in the developing country is centralized because it is closely related to its primary function, that is, to determine the direction of its people's future development. There are three economic actors in Indonesia: cooperatives, state-owned companies (BUMN/SEO), and private companies. In this case, the law must play a role in establishing the togetherness or partnership of the three economic actors. In other words, the regulation needs to show the economic actors' direction. It is where the law is expected to play a role in eliminating inequalities through partnerships.