The Construction of Family Resilience Policy for Marginal Community Groups: A Study of Socio-Legal Perspective in Indonesia

This study aims to investigate the construction of family resilience policy for marginal community groups in Palu city, Indonesia. This study used a qualitative case study method. Data were gathered through field observation, in-depth interviews, and legal written document analysis. In-depth interviews involved marginal families from informal low-income workers, scavenger families, and street vendor families. The results of this study show that the construction of family resilience of marginalized groups in Palu City, from a legal sociology perspective, emphasizes that the resilience of marginalized groups is formed from complex interactions between social norms, local culture, economics, and legal relations that are not always covered by the formal legal system. The five dimensions of resilience: legality, physical, economic, socio-psychological, and socio-cultural, indicate varying levels of vulnerability, especially in the economic and socio-cultural aspects, which are categorized as very vulnerable. This emphasizes the importance of understanding law as a living value system and the need for the state to be present through inclusive and adaptive policies. The resilience of marginalized families requires support in the form of state intervention to creatively adapt and survive in limited situations, while still opening up space for social transformation through just and inclusive policies. Future studies should focus on involving other marginal community groups to achieve a broader understanding and increase the trustworthiness of the study.