Muhammad Saleh is an Associate Professor in the field of Legal Sociology since October 2010 at the Department of Law and Society, Syiah Kuala University Law Faculty, whose name is publised by a popular call “M. Saleh Sjafei”. He was born at Aron, North Aceh, on August 19, 1961. His undergraduate degree program (S.H.) come from Department of Law and societal Development, Syiah Kuala University Law Faculty. His thesis entitled “Doctor’s Liability from Law and Social Aspects”, on 1981-1987. He has then studied Sociology for his master degree (M.Si.) in sociology of law at Graduate Program of Social and Political Sciences, University of Indonesia, Jakarta, with the thesis on “The Meaning of Land-Owner’s Protest (A Case Study on Land Exemption of Public Need in Aceh Besar)”, on 1995-1997. His doctorate degree program (Dr.) in Sociology then was graduated from such the University of Indonesia, Faculty of Social and Political Sciences, Department of Sociology, Depok, with the dissertation entitled “Actor and Structure (A Case Study on Land Ownership Dualism in Aceh Utara)”, on 2001-2006. He has managed a Training and Research Center for Social Sciences and Humanities at Universitas Syiah Kuala, from January 2016 to December 2019.