Dr. Stijn Cornelis van Huis is a legal scholar whose teaching and research encompass foundational legal studies, international law, legal research methodology, and socio-legal studies. At BINUS University, he teaches courses concerned with fundamental legal concepts and institutions, as well as legal issues with international and comparative dimensions. He is also entrusted with teaching legal research methods, introducing students to doctrinal, empirical, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches to legal inquiry. A graduate of Leiden University, Dr. van Huis possesses extensive expertise in socio-legal research. His doctoral dissertation examined the operation of Religious Courts across several locations in Indonesia. This extensive field-based research has provided him with a profound understanding of the complexities of Indonesian law, particularly the interaction between formal legal norms, religious principles, judicial institutions, and local social practices. His research on Religious Courts has enabled him to develop particular expertise in the resolution of family-law disputes within Indonesia’s Islamic judicial system. His work addresses issues such as marriage, divorce, child and spousal maintenance, judicial authority, and access to justice. His expertise as a socio-legal scholar has also led to his appointment as a reviewer for numerous international academic journals. In this capacity, he contributes to the assessment and development of scholarly research across a broad range of legal and interdisciplinary fields. The breadth of his academic interests is reflected in his books and scholarly articles. His publications include The State of Indonesia’s Marriage Law: Fifty Years of Statutory and Judicial Reforms; Urban Air Mobility as the Environmentally Friendly Transport of the Future in Indonesia? Some Legal Considerations; Between Revenues and Public Service Delivery: State-Owned Enterprises and Public Service Agencies in Indonesia; Who Decides Islamic Banking Disputes in Indonesia? Judicial Efforts to Resolve Jurisdictional Uncertainty; and The Shadow of Legal Pluralism in Indonesian Islamic Courts: Child and Spousal Maintenance. These works demonstrate his command of diverse yet interconnected areas. Through his teaching, publications, methodological expertise, field research, and international peer-review activities, Dr. van Huis makes a substantial contribution to socio-legal scholarship, legal research education, and the comparative understanding of Indonesian law and judicial institutions.
