Information Disclosure in the Implementation of Trade in Goods or Services as a Form of Consumer Protection

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to analyze the position of the principle of information disclosure in the climate of trade in goods or services and the relation of information disclosure to the role of law as a tool of social engineering and social control and to analyze the reasons for the judge's legal considerations related to information disclosure in the Constitutional Court Decision Number 65 /PUU-XIII/2015. The research method used is normative juridical. The results of this study are (1) Completeness of product information by business actors is a means of fulfilling the legalization of the rules of the Consumer Protection Law and a means of commercialization, meaning that there is a relationship between legal norms and economic values, so the legal binding is needed to accommodate consumer rights; (2) The Consumer Protection Law was established to manipulate and control the trade cycle in order to create security, certainty, and safety, especially for consumers against the behavior of business actors; (3) In the Consumer Protection Law Number 8 of 1999 has accommodated the rights of consumers, and the obligations of business actors, the regulations for providing information are contained in Articles 4-18 of the Consumer Protection Law. If business actors carry out their obligations to convey information thoroughly and straightforwardly and do not heed the regulations in the Consumer Protection Law, there are criminal sanctions contained in Article 62.