Focus and Scope
JIR: Journal Islamitisch en Recht focuses on the study, development, interpretation, and application of Islamic Law (Islamitisch Recht) and law within various contemporary legal systems. The journal welcomes scholarly manuscripts that examine legal doctrines, legal institutions, and socio-legal realities through normative, theoretical, comparative, empirical, and interdisciplinary approaches.
The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:
Islamic Economic Law / Economic Law
Studies on Sharia-based economic regulations, Islamic finance and banking, commercial transactions, and their relationship with national and international economic legal systems.Islamic Family Law / Family Law
Discussions on marriage, divorce, inheritance, guardianship, gender issues, and family law reform from Islamic law and comparative law perspectives.Islamic Legal Administration / Administrative Law
Studies on the administration of Islamic law, religious judicial institutions, judicial governance, and the relationship between Islamic legal administration and state administrative law.Islamic Jurisprudence / Jurisprudence
Discourses on uṣūl al-fiqh, legal reasoning, maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, legal theory, as well as Islamic legal philosophy and general jurisprudence.Islamic Comparative Law / Comparative Law
Comparative studies between Islamic law and other legal systems, such as civil law, common law, and customary law across different countries.Contemporary Issues in Law and Islamic Law
Critical analyses of current legal issues emerging in modern society, including Islamic legal reform, human rights, labour and employment law, industrial relations, workers’ protection, social justice, governance, technological developments, as well as ethical and regulatory challenges from legal and Islamic law perspectives.Islamic Law and Society / Law and Society
Socio-legal studies examining the relationship between Islamic law, social practices, culture, politics, and the dynamics of legal pluralism within society.Islamic Criminal Law / Criminal Law
Discussions on Islamic criminal law (jināyah), its principles, application, and interaction with modern criminal justice systems.Islamic Law Related to Halal Studies / Halal Law and Consumerism
Legal studies on halal certification, consumer protection, halal industry regulation, and ethical as well as legal aspects of halal consumerism.Islamic International Law / International Law
Analyses of Islamic legal perspectives on international law, interstate relations, treaty law, diplomacy, international dispute resolution, and global governance.Constitutional Law
Studies on constitutionalism, state structure, systems of government, inter-institutional relations, judicial power, democracy, constitutional rights of citizens, and constitutional law analysis from Islamic law and positive law perspectives.
Section Policies
Articles
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Peer Review Process
The research article submitted to this journal will be peer-reviewed at least 2 (two) or more expert reviewers. The reviewers give scientific valuable comments improving the contents of the manuscript. Final decision of articles acceptance will be made by Editors according to reviewer’s comments. Publication of accepted articles including the sequence of published articles will be made by Editor in Chief by considering sequence of accepted date and geographical distribution of authors as well as thematic issue.
Open Access Policy
This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.
Plagiarism Check
All manuscripts must be free from plagiarism contents. All authors are suggested to use plagiarism detection software to do the similarity checking. Editors will check the plagiarism detection of articles in this journal by using a Turnitin software before entering the review stage.