Post-Disaster Economic Vulnerabilities and Consumer Protection
Legal Comparisons between Indonesia and Oman
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Natural disasters not only cause physical destruction but also create serious economic disruptions that increase consumer vulnerability. This study aims to compare consumer protection legal frameworks in Indonesia and Oman and to propose a responsive legal model for post-disaster conditions. The research employs a normative legal method using comparative and conceptual approaches. The analysis indicate hat Indonesia’s civil law–based system tends to be constrained by procedural formalism and institutional fragmentation between disaster management authorities and consumer protection bodies, resulting in structural weaknesses in post-disaster consumer protection. In contrast, Oman demonstrates a more integrative model through the synchronization of positive law and Sharia-based principles, particularly the doctrine of Hisbah, although further strengthening of procedural accountability in law enforcement remains necessary. The proposed legal reconstruction is articulated through the expansion of the concept of economic security as a consumer right, the hybridization of summary proceedings as an emergency procedural mechanism, institutional transformation through an Emergency Legal Trigger, and a doctrinal shift toward the application of reverse burden of proof. The study concludes that effective post-disaster consumer protection requires a paradigm shift from fault-based liability toward objective liability grounded in risk distribution theory and distributive justice. As a recommendation, both Indonesia and Oman should undertake legislative reforms by adopting automatic emergency trigger clauses within consumer protection regulations to ensure rapid legal response and substantive legal certainty during periods of crisis.
KEYWORDS: Consumer Protection; Economic Vulnerability; Post-Disaster.
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