The Arrangement of “Buatulo Toulongo” in the System of Gorontalo Customary State Law System

Abstract

The purpose of the research in this study is to find out the arrangement of “Buatulo Toulongo” in the Gorontalo Customary Law System. The type of research used is empirical sociological legal research or socio-legal research, namely field research that occurs in community groups, namely customary institutions and the government. The arrangement/concept of “buatulo toulongo” is a form, model of the administration of the customary law of the kingdom (“pohala-pohala”) in Gorontalo, before the 14th century two institutions were formed known as “buatulo dulongo”, the influence of the entry of Islam in Gorontalo influenced the arrangement of royal institutions into “Buatulo Toulongo” namely “Buatulo Bubato is responsible for government affairs, ‘buatulo bala’ carries out royal defense and security affairs and ‘Buatulo Syara'a’ is responsible for taking care of religion. The Gorontalo ethnic community obeys and complies with this form and model of regulation even though it has not been made into a written rule. Currently, written rules have been made in the form of regent, sub-district head and village head decisions.