Focus and Scope

JOURNAL INFORMATION

Focus and Scope

Discover the legal disciplines and interdisciplinary perspectives covered by IURIS NOTITIA: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum.

About the Journal

IURIS NOTITIA: JURNAL ILMU HUKUM is a peer-reviewed journal publishing original research, conceptual studies, critical legal analyses, and literature reviews across diverse branches of law. The journal aims to advance legal scholarship and practice by providing a forum for rigorous analysis of legal principles, institutions, policies, and contemporary legal problems at national and international levels.

Primary Focus

The journal focuses on legal studies, including the interpretation and development of legal doctrines, legal institutions and enforcement, regulatory and policy analysis, empirical socio-legal research, and comparative approaches. It welcomes interdisciplinary contributions that connect law with social, political, economic, cultural, environmental, and technological developments.

Areas of Legal Scholarship

The journal welcomes manuscripts addressing, but not limited to, the following areas:

Criminal Law

Substantive and procedural criminal law, criminal justice systems, comparative criminal law, criminal law reform, sentencing theories, criminal liability, white-collar crime, organized crime, and contemporary issues in criminal law enforcement.

Civil Law

Private law, obligations and contracts, tort law, property law, family law, inheritance law, civil procedure, alternative dispute resolution, and comparative civil law systems.

Constitutional Law

Constitutional theory, judicial review, fundamental rights and freedoms, separation of powers, constitutional amendments, constitutional democracy, and comparative constitutional studies.

State Administrative Law

Administrative procedures, judicial review of administrative decisions, government accountability, public service law, administrative sanctions, public administration, and good governance principles.

Government Law

Regional autonomy, local government law, intergovernmental relations, public policy implementation, governmental authority, decentralization, and regional governance.

International Law

Public and private international law, international human rights law, international criminal law, treaty law, diplomatic relations, international trade, and international dispute settlement.

Islamic Law

Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh), Islamic family law, Islamic criminal law (jinayat), Islamic economic law, sharia banking, waqf and zakat, and the integration of Islamic law in national legal systems.

Agrarian and Environmental Law

Land tenure, land registration, land reform, property rights, natural resource management, agrarian conflicts, environmental protection, climate governance, and spatial planning law.

Customary Law

Indigenous legal systems, adat law, traditional dispute resolution, recognition of customary rights, legal pluralism, and the interaction between customary law and state law.

Legal Anthropology

Legal anthropology, law in society, cultural dimensions of law, ethnographic studies of legal systems, and the relationship between law, culture, and social practices.

Sociology of Law

Legal consciousness, access to justice, law enforcement effectiveness, social control mechanisms, legal behavior, and empirical socio-legal studies.

Business and Commercial Law

Company law, commercial transactions, investment law, competition law, consumer protection, corporate governance, insolvency, and business dispute resolution.

Labor and Employment Law

Employment relationships, labor rights, industrial relations, occupational safety, social security, collective bargaining, and dispute settlement in the workplace.

Human Rights Law

Civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights; protection of vulnerable groups; equality and non-discrimination; access to justice; and national and international human rights mechanisms.

Intellectual Property Law

Copyright, patents, trademarks, industrial designs, geographical indications, trade secrets, technology transfer, and intellectual property enforcement.

Cyber Law and Digital Governance

Data protection, privacy, electronic transactions, cybercrime, digital evidence, platform regulation, artificial intelligence governance, and legal accountability in digital environments.

Tax and Financial Law

Taxation, public finance, banking regulation, financial services, financial technology, anti-money laundering, and legal aspects of fiscal policy.

Health Law

Patient rights, medical liability, health services regulation, bioethics, public health law, health data protection, and the legal framework for healthcare delivery.

Procedural Law and Dispute Resolution

Civil and criminal procedure, evidence, judicial administration, arbitration, mediation, restorative justice, and access to effective dispute resolution.

Comparative Law and Legal Reform

Comparative legal systems, legal transplantation, law reform, judicial institutions, regulatory impact, and the development of responsive and evidence-informed legal frameworks.

The scope is not exhaustive. Submissions on other relevant legal topics may be considered when they demonstrate clear legal significance and scholarly contribution.

Interdisciplinary and Comparative Approaches

IURIS NOTITIA encourages research that connects legal analysis with other fields and examines law across jurisdictions. Relevant contributions may:

  • Integrate legal perspectives with social, political, economic, cultural, environmental, or technological dimensions.
  • Compare legal systems, judicial decisions, regulatory frameworks, or legal practices across countries and regions.
  • Examine law reform, access to justice, legal institutions, and the effectiveness of law enforcement.
  • Address emerging legal challenges, including digital transformation, data protection, and technology regulation.
  • Offer theoretically grounded, empirically supported, or practically relevant solutions to contemporary legal problems.

Types of Articles Published

Original Research Articles

Empirical, doctrinal, comparative, or theoretical research with a clear research question and scholarly contribution.

Conceptual and Doctrinal Studies

Critical examination of legal principles, doctrines, legislation, court decisions, and legal theory.

Literature Reviews

Critical and structured reviews that synthesize legal scholarship and identify research gaps or future directions.

Case and Regulatory Analyses

In-depth analyses of judicial decisions, legal cases, legislation, regulations, and their implications.

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Contribute to Legal Scholarship

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts that align with the journal’s focus and scope and comply with the author guidelines.

Submission Guidelines