Author Guidelines

Submission Preparation Checklist

As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

  • 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, or RTF 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.

Author Guidelines

Article submitted for publication have to check to the following guidelines:

  1. Manuscript must use the Journal Template: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1MfFNXx3JneiniJ__afRFdDxDgGy_TsXK/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=114114462840695741920&rtpof=true&sd=true
  2. Manuscript should discourse the themes of law in general, including legal theory, legal philosophy, constitutional law, legal debate, socio-legal, human rights, international law, court and justice, sharia law, constitutionality of parliamentary products, law and politics;
  3. Manuscript must be well-written in British English or American English; thus, using professional proofreader is highly recommended before submitting; 
  4. Article must type in one-half spaced on A4-paper size, using Tim New Roman font 12;
  5. Paper length is about 5.000-9.000 words count; thus, only manuscript following word counts length will reach the review stages;
  6. All submission must include a 100-350 words of abstract written in British English or American English;
  7. All submission must have file in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format;
  8. Full name(s) of the author(s) must be stated, along with his/her/their institution and complete address; and the maximum additional author and co-author are 5 (FIVE) in a manuscript.
  9. In the matter of writing citation and bibliography, Journal of Law and Digital Civilization follows the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (full note).
  10. The body of article must follow standard of scientific publication, using IMRaD standard (Introduction, Methods, Results, and Discussion) and sum up with conclusion;
  11. The length of title is no more than 14 words.
  12. Regarding the diversity author policy, author or co-author who have published in an issue, their manuscript will be ONLY considered to review and may publish in the next following year.
  13. Manuscript that not obeying the author guidelines will be declined and not proceeded to next stage of review.
  14. The examples of footnote reference and bibliography as shown below:

Footnote:

  • Stephen Corones Philip H. Clarke, Consumer and Product Liability Law, Commentary and Materials, Second (Sydney: LawBook Co, 2002).
  • Shawn D. Bushway and Anne Morrison Piehl, “Judging Judicial Discretion: Legal Factors and Racial Discrimination in Sentencing,” Law & Society Review 35, no. 4 (April 2001): 733–64, https://doi.org/10.2307/3185415.
  • Daud Rismana et al., “The Legal Effectiveness of Juvenile Diversion: A Study of the Indonesian Juvenile Justice System,” Khazanah Hukum 7, no. 2 (June 21, 2025): 190–205, https://doi.org/10.15575/KH.V7I2.44162.
  • Gotfridus Goris Seran, “Konstitusionalitas Dan Desain Pemilukada Langsung Serentak Nasional,” Jurnal Konstitusi 16, no. 3 (October 8, 2019): 78, https://doi.org/10.31078/JK16310.
  • Bona Fernandez M.T. Simbolon et al., “The Prosecutor’s Promise in Executing the Claim Cessation Based on Restorative Justice,” Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 18, no. 7 (April 2024): e05634, https://doi.org/10.24857/rgsa.v18n7-023.
  • H Hariyanto, “Official Responsibility And Personal Responsibility In The Context Of State Financial Loss,” Jurnal Dinamika Hukum 18, no. 1 (January 31, 2018): 103–8, https://doi.org/10.20884/1.JDH.2018.18.1.1861.
  • Kharisatul Janah, Siti Fatimah, and Hajar Salamah Salsabila Hariz, “The Role of Aceh Local Parties in The 2024 General Election in Realizing Democratization,” Volksgeist: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum Dan Konstitusi 6, no. 1 (June 2023): 33–47, https://doi.org/10.24090/volksgeist.v6i1.7532.
  • Nurul Qamar et al., Metode Penelitian Hukum (Legal Research Methods), ed. Abd. Kahar Muzakkir, 1st ed. (Makassar: CV. Social Politic Genius (SIGn), 2017).
  • Rismana et al., “The Legal Effectiveness of Juvenile Diversion: A Study of the Indonesian Juvenile Justice System.”
  • Achmad Siddiq et al., “Reconstructing Waqf Share Policies: A Maqashid Sharia Approach with Insights from Indonesia,” El-Mashlahah 15, no. 1 (June 18, 2025): 79–100, https://doi.org/10.23971/EL-MASHLAHAH.V15I1.9029.

Example of Bibliography:

Bushway, Shawn D., and Anne Morrison Piehl. “Judging Judicial Discretion: Legal Factors and Racial Discrimination in Sentencing.” Law & Society Review 35, no. 4 (April 2001): 733–64. https://doi.org/10.2307/3185415.

Hariyanto, H. “Official Responsibility And Personal Responsibility In The Context Of State Financial Loss.” Jurnal Dinamika Hukum 18, no. 1 (January 31, 2018): 103–8. https://doi.org/10.20884/1.JDH.2018.18.1.1861.

Janah, Kharisatul, Siti Fatimah, and Hajar Salamah Salsabila Hariz. “The Role of Aceh Local Parties in the 2024 General Election in Realizing Democratization.” Volksgeist: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum Dan Konstitusi 6, no. 1 (June 2023): 33–47. https://doi.org/10.24090/volksgeist.v6i1.7532.

Philip H. Clarke, Stephen Corones. Consumer and Product Liability Law, Commentary and Materials. Second. Sydney: LawBook Co, 2002.

Qamar, Nurul, Aan Aswari, Hardianto Djanggih, Muhammad Syarif, Dachran S. Busthami, M. Kamal Hidjaz, and Rezah Farah Syah. Metode Penelitian Hukum (Legal Research Methods). Edited by Abd. Kahar Muzakkir. 1st ed. Makassar: CV. Social Politic Genius (SIGn), 2017.

Rismana, Daud, Ali Maskur, Rifi Maria Laila Fitri Permonoputri, Hariyanto Hariyanto, and Hajar Salamah Salsabila Hariz. “The Legal Effectiveness of Juvenile Diversion: A Study of the Indonesian Juvenile Justice System.” Khazanah Hukum 7, no. 2 (June 21, 2025): 190–205. https://doi.org/10.15575/KH.V7I2.44162.

Seran, Gotfridus Goris. “Konstitusionalitas Dan Desain Pemilukada Langsung Serentak Nasional.” Jurnal Konstitusi 16, no. 3 (October 8, 2019): 655–76. https://doi.org/10.31078/JK16310.

Siddiq, Achmad, Hariyanto Hariyanto, Ismatul Maula, Ahmad Rezy Meidina, and Siti Arafah. “Reconstructing Waqf Share Policies: A Maqashid Sharia Approach with Insights from Indonesia.” El-Mashlahah 15, no. 1 (June 18, 2025): 79–100. https://doi.org/10.23971/EL-MASHLAHAH.V15I1.9029.

Simbolon, Bona Fernandez M.T., Alvi Syahrin, Ediwarman, and Marlina. “The Prosecutor’s Promise in Executing the Claim Cessation Based on Restorative Justice.” Revista de Gestão Social e Ambiental 18, no. 7 (April 2024): e05634. https://doi.org/10.24857/rgsa.v18n7-023.

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