Aims And Scope

Aims

Al-Daulah advances legal scholarship by publishing internationally relevant research that connects Islamic legal traditions with contemporary legal frameworks.

Al-Daulah is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by Universitas Islam Negeri Alauddin Makassar. It fosters scholarly discourse in criminal law, constitutional law, and related interdisciplinary fields, with particular attention to the relationship between Islamic legal thought, the modern state, and social change. The journal connects normative legal scholarship with empirical and interdisciplinary social science.

The journal invites original research and critical reviews from legal scholars, practitioners, and researchers worldwide. It especially welcomes comparative legal studies, the application of Islamic jurisprudence in modern contexts, and cross-cultural legal analysis that speaks to an international audience, bringing debates from Indonesia, Southeast Asia, and the wider Muslim world into conversation with global scholarship.

Scope

The journal covers three interrelated fields, with legal scholarship at its core. These correspond to its Scopus subject areas: Law; Sociology and Political Science; and Social Sciences (miscellaneous).

Law is the core of the journal, in six areas
Islamic Law and Jurisprudence
Classical and contemporary applications of Sharia principles (fiqh) within modern legal frameworks and their interaction with national legal systems.		 Islamic Criminal Law (Jinayah)
Criminal justice systems in Islamic legal contexts and their interactions with secular criminal law.
Islamic Constitutional Law (Siyasah Syar'iyyah)
Governance principles, state theory, and constitutional frameworks from Islamic perspectives.		 Comparative Criminal and Customary Law
Diverse criminal justice systems, penal policy, legal pluralism, and traditional legal practices across cultures.
Constitutional and Administrative Law
Governance structures, state institutions, public administration, legislation, judicial decisions, constitutional interpretation, and legal reform in contemporary states.		 International Humanitarian Law and Public International Law
Cross-border legal issues, human rights, and international legal cooperation.
Sociology and Political Science
Law in its social and political context
  • Religion–state relations and political Islam
  • Democracy, elections, political parties, and political behavior
  • Public policy, decentralization, and local governance
  • Socio-legal studies on law enforcement, legal culture, and access to justice
  • Social movements, conflict, and citizenship
Social Sciences (Interdisciplinary)
Work that crosses disciplinary boundaries
  • Studies that bring together law, religion, politics, culture, and society
  • Gender, family, and minority issues in legal and social contexts
  • Law and digital transformation, environment, and sustainable development
  • Methodological and theoretical work that advances interdisciplinary inquiry

Accepted approaches

Doctrinal Empirical Comparative Historical Mixed Methods

Submissions should engage with international scholarship and offer a clear theoretical or practical contribution.