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Author Guidelines

Author Guideline

Guidelines for the writing of articles at Legitimasi: Jurnal Hukum Pidana dan Politik Hukum can be seen as follows:

  • Articles are the author's original scientific work and have never been published or are in the process of being published by other media
  • Articles emphasize the study of Criminal Law, Legal Politics, and Islamic Law in Islamic Countries in general and specifically in Indonesia by emphasizing the theories of Islamic criminal law, legal politics, and Islamic Law and its practices in the Islamic world (See Focus and Scope);
  • Articles must be following the surrounding style and journal template;
  • The author must submit an article that reviews the actual themes within the scope of Criminal Law, Legal Politics, and Islamic Law, showing the sharpness of analysis, the updating of references, and no plagiarism. The author must fill in the form to verify the authenticity of the articles.
  • Articles can be written in Indonesian, English, and Arabic; 
  • Articles submitted to Legitimasi have been written in Papers A4 (Width: 21 cm, Height: 29.7 cm), Margin (Top: 3 cm, left: 3 cm, Botton: 2.5 cm, Right: 2.5 cm), Times New Roman 12 pt, one space ranging, papers’ length from 15-25 pages.
  • The article submitted to Legitimasi was written by using the Mendeley Reference application with Format Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (full note);
  • The articles submitted online must contain the article file and the academic biographical data.
  • The articles were sent using Arabic-Indonesian transliteration according to SKB 3 Ministers

The article's systematics are:

Title. The title should reflect the essence of the content of the article and be limited to a maximum of 12 words

Author's name. Without an academic degree, affiliation, and email. Maximum of five authors per manuscript.

Abstract. The Abstracts are written in two languages, English and Indonesian. The abstract is written in one paragraph and includes four things: Background, problem statement, research questions, method, findings/results, and conclusion. The abstract contains a maximum of 250 words.

Introduction. The introduction should include three things: the issues studied, The importance of issues, the literature review, the method/way the author discusses the issue that is presented, briefly and densely, and novelty.

Discussion. Subtitles are written according to the content of those subtitles. This section should contain clear and scientific analysis and findings. The discussions in each section are comprehensive, logical, and systematically described.

Conclusion. The author writes the closing words as conclusions from the analysis results, discussion, and suggestions or recommendations for the next research project. Authors can also reward those who have contributed to the research.

Citation. Each time an opinion is quoted, the author must give a footnote using the format of the Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (full note).

Footnote Writing Example:

1Abdullahi Ahmed An Na’im, Toward an Islamic Reformation: Civil Liberties, Human Right and Intern Law (USA: Syracuse University Press, 1996).

2Abd al-Qadir ’Awdah, al-Tasyri‘ al-Jina’i al-Islami; Muqaranan bi al-Qanun al-Wadh‘i, II (Kairo: Maktabah al-Taufiqiyah, 2013).

3Dedy Sumardi, Ratno Lukito, and Moch Nur Ichwan, “Legal Pluralism within the Space of Sharia: Interlegality of Criminal Law Traditions in Aceh, Indonesia,” Samarah 5, no. 1 (2021): 426–49.

4Michael Feener, “State, Shari’a, and Its Limits,” in Limits of The State: Reconfigurations of Practice, Community and Authority in Contemporary Aceh, ed. R. Michael Feener, David Kloos, and Annemarie Samuel (Leiden: Koninklijke Brill nv, 2016).       

References. The references are arranged alphabetically and written in one space by giving tabs on the second line, while the first line is not. Please use the Mendeley Manager Reference application. The examples of writing references are:

 

Journal Article:

Sumardi, Dedy, Ratno Lukito, and Moch Nur Ichwan. “Legal Pluralism within the Space of Sharia: Interlegality of Criminal Law Traditions in Aceh, Indonesia.” Samarah 5, no. 1 (2021): 426–49.

Book:

Na’im, Abdullahi Ahmed An. Toward an Islamic Reformation: Civil Liberties, Human Rights and Intern Law. USA: Syracuse University Press, 1996.

’Awdah, ’Abd al-Qadir. al-Tasyri‘ al-Jina’i al-Islami; Muqaranan bi al-Qanun al-Wadh‘i. II. Kairo: Maktabah al-Taufiqiyah, 2013.

Book Section:

Feener, Michael. “State, Shari’a and Its Limits.” In Limits of The State: Reconfigurations of Practice, Community and Authority in Contemporary Aceh, edited by R. Michael Feener, David Kloos, and Annemarie Samuel. Leiden: Koninklijke Brill nv, 2016.

Online Source:

https://biz.kompas.com/read/2022/12/10/084038428/wamenkumham-produk-hukum-buatan-indonesia-untuk-indonesia

Make sure that your articles are prepared using the articles template. Download here the article template.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
  • The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
  • Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
  • The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
  • The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
  • If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish in Legitimasi: Jurnal Hukum Pidana dan Politik Hukum agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication with the work simultaneously licensed Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-SA 4.0) that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgment of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are able to enter into separate, additional contractual arrangements for the non-exclusive distribution of the journal's published version of the work (e.g., post it to an institutional repository or publish it in a book), with an acknowledgment of its initial publication in this journal.
  • Authors are permitted and encouraged to post their work online (e.g., in institutional repositories or on their website) prior to and during the submission process, as it can lead to productive exchanges, as well as earlier and greater citation of published work. (See The Effect of Open Acces)

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