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Positivism is a branch of philosophy, which is a source of knowledge on positive law which is based on the Constitution applied. The positive law is made by the law-making institution. The laws which have been determined and issued must be complied with by all citizens. It is enforced and it comes with strict sanctions. Judges have a big role in enforcing the aims of the law, which are certainty and justice. Apart from holding on to the formal law (the positive law), the judges also have the capability to see the condition in the field empirically and adjust to it flexibly. Thus, judges may have more flexibility in deciding upon a case and in examining the real data to uphold justice. Such decisions may be followed by other judges, which is called jurisprudence

The thought of law science today is getting stagnant and being doubtful because it tends to be mainstream positivistic. Positivism paradigm is a rigid paradigm, autonomous, and the law becomes merely a law that reduces the law itself to be simple, linear, mechanistic and deterministic then it raises the condition that positive justice is a procedural justice and not an essential justice. The positivist concept produces an incomplete legal study and then it is being dry, stiff and unable to explain the reality. Such of this condition causes an anxiety then the law science requires a shift paradigm so that there is no gap between Das Sein and Das Sollen. Therefore, the holistic paradigm has become the choice for legal science to be genuine science and signifies that the real science of law is not static but dynamic. This paradigm is an effort to formulate the science of law as a unity of science which is full of values and philosophy to reveal truth and justice to the level of meaning.

Ekonomi Islam di Indonesia, khususnya di industri perbankan, mengalami pertumbuhan pesat. Pada tahap awal era perbankan syariah, hanya ada satu bank umum syariah yang beroperasi dan hanya terbatas oleh kantor yang memberikan layanan perbankan syariah. Fenomena tentang ekonomi Islam memiliki bentuk perkembangan yang resmi dan bahkan modernisasi fiqh muamalah Maliyah. Umumnya, fatwa merupakan penjelasan-penjelasan hukum-hukum yang terdiri dari pedoman untuk lembaga keuangan. Penafsiran seperti itu sangat dibutuhkan oleh praktisi ekonomi Islam. Dalam hal ini, DSN akan memberikan bimbingan dan penjelasan kepada orang-orang pada norma ekonomi Islam. Dalam studi ilmu fiqh klasik, fatwa hanya mengikat bagi mereka yang meminta fatwa dan mengeluarkan fatwa. Namun, konsep fatwa ini kemudian diganti dan diperbarui, saat ini fatwa DSN pada ekonomi Islam tidak hanya mengikat bagi praktisi ekonomi dan DSN personil Islam tetapi juga umat Islam di Indonesia yang bertransaksi dengan menggunakan Bank Syariah. Selain itu, fatwa ini telah disahkan oleh Peraturan Bank Indonesia.