LEGAL certainty and justice should go together. When a law is passed, clearly regulating a particular issue, it should result in justice for the people. However, in this nation, the bitter truth is that legal certainty often does not go hand in hand with justice, and sometimes they even contradict each other. The case involving the sale of Bank Bali debt collection rights (cessie) is one example.

The case began in September 1999 and was decided