Al-Daulah : Jurnal Hukum Pidana dan Ketatanegaraan

About the Journal

Al-Daulah: Jurnal Hukum Pidana dan Ketatanegaraan

Journal Title	: Al-Daulah: Jurnal Hukum Pidana dan Ketatanegaraan
Indexed by	: Scopus
ISSN	: p-ISSN 2303-050X  |  e-ISSN 2580-5797
DOI Prefix	: Prefix 10.24252 by Crossref
Editor-in-Chief	: Prof. Arskal Muin Salim, GP
Managing Editor	: Ass. Prof. Jordan Gunawan
Publisher	: Fakultas Syariah dan Hukum Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin
Frequency	: 2 issues per year (June and December)

About the Journal

Al-Daulah: Jurnal Hukum Pidana dan Ketatanegaraan (Al-Daulah) is a peer-reviewed, open-access international journal of law, state, and society. The Department of Constitutional Law, Faculty of Sharia and Law, Universitas Islam Negeri (UIN) Alauddin Makassar, Indonesia, publishes it twice a year, in June and December.

Al-Daulah is indexed in Scopus, with coverage beginning with its 2022 volume. Scopus classifies the journal under Law, Sociology and Political Science, and Social Sciences (miscellaneous). Every article is assigned a Digital Object Identifier under the prefix 10.24252/ad.

History and Development

2012: founded in print. Al-Daulah was founded as a print journal of the Constitutional Law study program. It aimed to publish the work of lecturers and researchers in criminal law and state administration.

2017: moved online. The journal moved to Open Journal Systems, opening its pages to authors beyond the university and a wider readership.

2019: national accreditation. Its growing reputation was recognized when it was accredited as a reputable national journal (SINTA 3).

2023: internationalization. The journal began a deliberate effort to become an international journal. It:

• appointed a new Editor-in-Chief,
• brought editors from several countries onto its editorial board,
• strengthened its double-blind peer review, and
• maintained full open access under a CC BY 4.0 license.

These efforts led to its indexing in Scopus and to a broadened aims and scope that reflects its standing as an international journal of law, state, and society.

Aims

Al-Daulah aims to advance legal scholarship by publishing rigorous, internationally relevant research that connects Islamic legal traditions with contemporary legal frameworks. The journal fosters scholarly discourse in criminal law, constitutional law, and related interdisciplinary fields. It treats law not only as doctrine but also as a social and political institution that shapes, and is shaped by, the state and society.

The journal invites original contributions from legal scholars, social scientists, practitioners, and policymakers worldwide. It gives particular attention to four kinds of work:

• comparative legal studies,
• the application of Islamic jurisprudence in modern contexts,
• cross-cultural legal analysis, and
• empirical and socio-legal research with implications beyond a single jurisdiction.

Al-Daulah seeks work that speaks to an international readership. It welcomes studies of Muslim-majority, Muslim-minority, and plural legal systems alike.

Scope

The journal's scope is anchored in six core areas of legal scholarship.

1. Islamic Law and Jurisprudence. The classical and contemporary application of Sharia principles within modern legal frameworks. Topics include:

• uṣūl al-fiqh and legal methodology, maqāṣid al-sharīʿah, and fatwā and ijtihād in contemporary life;
• Islamic family and personal status law, and Islamic economic and financial law;
• the codification of Sharia in state law;
• Islamic law's engagement with human rights, gender, technology, health, and the environment.

2. Islamic Criminal Law (Jinayah). Criminal justice systems in Islamic legal contexts and their interaction with secular criminal law. Topics include:

• ḥudūd, qiṣāṣ, and taʿzīr;
• the implementation of Islamic criminal law in Aceh and other jurisdictions;
• restorative justice and ṣulḥ;
• criminal procedure and evidence, and sentencing and punishment theory;
• the reform of national criminal codes.

3. Islamic Constitutional Law and Political Thought (Siyāsah Sharʿiyyah). Governance principles, state theory, and constitutional frameworks from Islamic perspectives. Topics include:

• shūrā, ḥisbah, and accountability;
• leadership and legitimacy;
• the relationship between religion and the state;
• Islamic political parties and movements;
• the place of Islam in modern constitutions and constitutional adjudication.

4. Comparative Criminal and Customary Law. Diverse criminal justice systems and traditional legal practices across cultures. Topics include:

• comparative criminal law and criminology;
• adat and indigenous law, legal pluralism, and living law;
• the state's recognition of customary institutions;
• customary dispute resolution.

5. Constitutional and Administrative Law. Governance structures, public administration, and constitutional interpretation in contemporary states. Topics include:

• constitutional design and amendment;
• judicial review and constitutional courts;
• the separation of powers;
• elections, political parties, and democratic resilience;
• decentralization and regional autonomy;
• administrative justice, good governance, and anti-corruption;
• the protection of fundamental rights.

6. International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law. Cross-border legal issues, human rights, and international legal cooperation. Topics include:

• the law of armed conflict and the Islamic law of war (siyar);
• international human rights law;
• refugees, migration, and statelessness;
• transnational and cybercrime;
• international criminal justice;
• Islamic perspectives on international law.

Beyond the core areas, Al-Daulah also publishes research on law, state, and society. Al-Daulah also publishes interdisciplinary research on law, state, and society, including:

• socio-legal and empirical studies of how law operates in practice;
• the sociology of law and of religion as they bear on legal institutions;
• political science research on governance, public policy, and state–society relations;
• legal anthropology and legal history;
• the study of law amid digital, economic, and environmental transformations.

We welcome work that engages substantively with legal questions and speaks to the journal's core concerns. The journal accepts doctrinal, normative, comparative, historical, and empirical approaches, both qualitative and quantitative, provided the methodology is clearly stated and rigorously applied.

Peer Review and Editorial Standards

Review process. All submissions undergo double-blind peer review by at least two independent experts. Reviewers are drawn from an international pool of reviewers and editorial board members. The process normally takes eight to twelve weeks.

Review criteria. Reviewers assess:

• originality and scholarly contribution,
• methodological rigor,
• quality of argument,
• engagement with current literature, and
• practical relevance.

Similarity screening. Manuscripts are screened for similarity before review.

Ethics. The journal follows the guidelines of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). It maintains published policies on:

• authorship and contributorship,
• conflicts of interest,
• plagiarism,
• data and reproducibility,
• the use of generative AI,
• manuscript withdrawal,
• retraction and correction, and
• complaints and appeals.

Open Access and Licensing

Al-Daulah is fully open access. All articles are freely available immediately upon publication. They are published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0), which permits sharing and adaptation with appropriate credit.

Authors are not charged a submission fee, and the article processing charge is IDR 0. The journal also maintains digital preservation and archiving policies to keep its content permanently accessible.

Audience and Submission Requirements

Audience. The journal is addressed to legal scholars and social scientists, graduate students, judges and practitioners, policymakers, and international and civil society organizations.

Requirements. Submissions must:

• be original and not under consideration elsewhere;
• be written in English;
• include a structured abstract;
• present a clear research problem, a thorough literature review, an explicit methodology, and references that meet international citation standards;
• follow the journal's manuscript template.