The Urgency of the Law in Building Relationship Between Humans and the Environment After Covid-19 Pandemic (A Study of Ecofeminism)
Aga Natalis (a*), Muhammad Dzikirullah H. Noho (b)

(a*)Semarang University
Jalan Arteri Soekarno-Hatta, Tlogosari, Semarang, Indonesia
(b) Diponegoro University
Jalan Prof. Soedarto, S.H., Tembalang, Semarang, Indonesia

Abstract

The dualistic relationship of humans and the environment which is being maintained by law, leads to human domination of the environment, as in the case of Covid-19 which is a zoonosis, its appearance is a sign of a problem in the relationship between humans and the environment. This study aims to analyze the laws that set the relationship between humans and the environment in Indonesia during this time and analyze the urgency of the law in building relationship between humans and the environment after the Covid-19 pandemic in the ecofeminism approach. This research uses quantitative methods with a normative juridical approach. The result of the research show that the law that regulates the relationship between humans and the Indonesian environment is not currently able to embrace all components of life. The laws regulating the relationship between humans and the environment do not prohibit human exploitation of the environment. The urgency of the law in building between humans and the environment after the Covid-19 pandemic in the ecofeminism approach, that the laws that are formed must be based ethics of care. Ethics of care becomes an ideal understanding to respond to the current situation is the Covid-19 pandemic.

Keywords: Law, Ecofeminism, Covid -19

Topic: Maritime, Environment and International Policy