Abstract

 The formation of Indonesia's national legal system cannot be separated from the politics of law, because it is used as a guide in the process of making and enforcing the law to achieve a dream and national goal. The formation of the legal system in Indonesia has not gone well, Indonesia should have its own law. By having its own law, Indonesia will have national identity and will be seen as advanced by other countries. The formation of the national legal system in Indonesia is heavily influenced by external elements. It should maintain all the material sources of law that already exist in Indonesia. The objective of this study is to describe the formation of the national legal system in the State of Indonesia. This study uses a normative approach by using secondary data from library materials. The results of this study indicate that the formation of a national legal system is a process of developing a legal system and along with its element. With the development of the national legal system, it must be able to replace the Dutch colonial legal products with its own legal products. The development of the national legal system is a way to make changes in Indonesian legal products that must be in accordance with the values that are in people's lives. In the process of legal development, it is impossible to be separated from a legal politics.
 
Highlights
In various regions of the country in the world in legal thinking and its role in public life depends on the actions of the ruling class in the country
If studied sociologically with the existence of national legal politics, it will become an obligation that must be carried out quickly after Indonesia's independence, because with Indonesia independence there will be an indirect change in ideals and reality for all Indonesian people, while before Indonesia’s independence, the structure and ideas of life in Indonesian society were based on colonialism which was very exploitative, but after Indonesia's independence these structures and ideas had changed into independent societies (Said, 2010)
The development of the national legal system must be able to change all types of laws made by the Dutch government and replaced by the laws of the Indonesian people themselves
Summary
In various regions of the country in the world in legal thinking and its role in public life depends on the actions of the ruling class in the country. In a democratic country which is controlled by an exclusive group, it is more likely to reject an alternation. They will be more inclined towards traditional or conservative thinking of the law so that they can only see the law as a tool that will be carried out to maintain a security and order for the state. The development of national law must be directed so that a national legal system that can benefit the national interest can be realized, which contains the beliefs held by the Indonesian people. It must always respond to any new problems or concerns about the need for law which is always
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