This research aims to analyze the regulations regarding the elevation of land rights for dual-function residential buildings, specifically shophouses, as stipulated in Government Regulation Number 18 of 2021. The formulated problem statement is about the elevation of building rights for shophouses according to Government Regulation Number 18 of 2021. Beforehand, shophouses and home offices were only classified as buildings with a business function; the building Use rights on shophouses and home offices could not be upgraded to ownership rights. Based on the Decree of the State Minister of Agrarian Affairs/Head of the National Land Agency Number 6 of 1998, it is necessary to upgrade building use rights to ownership rights of buildings with residential functions only, as stated on the Building Construction Permit. This research was conducted using a normative juridical method through a statutory approach and a conceptual approach to see the existing arrangements regarding the issues raised and expert opinions related to these problems. The result of this research is that shophouses and office residences play a dual role, serving both residential and commercial functions. Government Regulation No. 18 of 2021 emphasizes that shophouses and office residences with building rights can be upgraded to full ownership rights upon the rights holder's request by fulfilling the specified requirements.

This paper is aimed to see whether the government's discourse to form a special land court is the only way to answer the problem of resolving land cases in Indonesia.The settlement of land cases in Indonesia often experiences obstacles, this has led to the government's discourse to form a special court to handle land cases that occur. Conducting this research is crucial to ensure that complicated land problems are promptly resolved without further increasing the losses that the involved parties have to endure. This research was conducted using a normative juridical method by conducting studies on legislation, expert opinions and decisions on cases that have occurred in Indonesia. This research has novel value in offering other solutions than establishing land courts, namely by strengthening existing courts so that land cases can be resolved thoroughly and maximally without the need to go through two courts. The discourse on the establishment of a land court becomes a problem that needs to be observed considering that the establishment of a special land court may not necessarily be able to completely resolve land cases. From this research, it will be shown that there are other solutions in simplifying and handling land cases other than the establishment of a special land court.