Aims and Scope

Aims
Subsidiarity: Journal of Law and Technology Policy is an international peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to advancing critical and interdisciplinary scholarship at the intersection of law, technology, governance, and public policy. The journal aims to provide a scholarly platform for academics, researchers, legal practitioners, policymakers, and interdisciplinary scholars to examine contemporary legal challenges arising from technological transformation and digital governance in both national and global contexts. Emphasizing the principle of subsidiarity, the journal seeks to encourage discussions concerning the distribution of legal authority, regulatory responsibility, and governance mechanisms across local, national, regional, and international levels in order to promote justice, accountability, sustainability, and public welfare in the digital era. The journal also aims to contribute to the development of responsive, adaptive, and human-centered legal systems through doctrinal, conceptual, comparative, empirical, and socio-legal approaches to law and technology policy.

Scope
The journal welcomes original research articles, conceptual papers, comparative studies, case analyses, and policy-oriented research addressing contemporary issues related to law, technology, governance, and public policy. The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, artificial intelligence and law, cyber law and cybersecurity regulation, data protection and privacy law, internet governance, digital rights, technology governance, digital public policy, smart city regulation, e-government, digital democracy, fintech regulation, blockchain governance, cryptocurrency law, digital taxation, e-commerce law, and consumer protection in digital markets. The journal also encourages discussions on legal and policy challenges emerging from rapid technological transformation and digital innovation in both public and private sectors.
In addition, the journal promotes interdisciplinary and comparative perspectives concerning the broader social, institutional, and regulatory implications of emerging technologies. This includes studies on algorithmic accountability, human rights in digital spaces, environmental governance and technology, digital inclusion, access to justice, technology and labor transformation, as well as legal reform, regulatory harmonization, criminal policy, administrative governance, and legal certainty in technologically driven sectors. Comparative and international studies related to ASEAN digital governance, European Union technology regulation, and global technology governance frameworks are highly encouraged to strengthen scholarly discourse on the evolving relationship between law, technology, and society.