Focus and Scope

Journal of Law and Lawyers known as JoLaL is an international journal published by Harmonier Press. From the establishment JoLaL has published a legal periodical publishing scholarly and authoritative articles on legal issues of current importance to both academic research and legal practice. JoLaL has a national and international readership, and publishes refereed contributions from authors around the world (Southeast Asia, South Asia, Middle East, Africa, Eastern Europe and Western Europe). The journal also publishes a review article (only for selected or invited authors) containing critical notices of recently published books.  

The journal aims to publish new work of the highest caliber across the full range of legal scholarships, which includes but not limited to works from the domains:

Law and Development in Asia
The development of law in the Asian region, especially with distinct Asian characteristics or complementing the development of law in other regions. The study of law and its development in Asian countries covers the development of law, especially environmental law, human rights, IPR, Islamic law, notary law, refugee law, Adat law, comparative law, international law, constitutional law, law of the sea, corporate social responsibility. Although the focus of writing received about law and development in Asia, but if there is a good quality scientific work and related to law and development, it will be considered as a good work having a chance for publication. The ideas of this research on related topics can be traced to the works of Helen Quane, Tim Lindsey, Nadisyah Hosen, Hsien-Li Tan, and published books or journal in Oxford University Press, Heinonline, Sciencedirect, Taylor & Francis, or other publishers

Law Enforcement
Law enforcement describes the individuals and agencies responsible for enforcing laws and maintaining public order and public safety. It includes prevention, detection, investigation of crime, apprehension and detention of individuals suspected of law, litigation, capital punishment, dispute settlement, corruption court, commercial court, religious court. The ideas of this research on related topics can be traced to the works of William A Schabas, Elies van Sliedregt, and published books or journal in Oxford University Press, Heinonline, Sciencedirect, Taylor & Francis, or other publishers

Legal Policy
Legal policy covers how the official state in making policies. It also includes the principles of the judges consider the law which should serve the public interest, fair and just, legislation, legal drafting, criminal justice system, democracy, local legislation, or a particular policy, Basic Law, international human rights standards, and established principles underlying the legal system. The ideas of this research on related topics can be traced to the works of Nick Ellison, Tim Lindsey, and published books in Sciencedirect, Taylor & Francis, or other publishers

Socio-Legal
Identification in socio-legal studies is not limited to text, but also deepening of the context, which includes all processes, for example from law making to implementation of law. This study applies social scientific perspectives to the study of law, including legal sociology, legal anthropology, legal history, psychology and law, the study of judicial politics, and comparative sciences. The ideas of this research on related topics can be traced to the works of David Nelken, Adriaan W. Bedner, Jacqueline VEL, and published books in Springer, Taylor & Francis, or other publishers

Principaly, the journal's editorial policy is to favour contributions which will be of interest to a wide cross-section of its readership - contributions which, if specialised, nevertheless serve to bring out matters of broader interest or importance within their specialisation. However, articles which are not included in the area of law and social sciences are not covered and out of the scope of this journal

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Editorial

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Journal of Law and Lawyers (JoLaL) review process uses a double-blind review system. First, manuscript are read by editorial members (upon the field of specialization) to meet the SLRev's criteria. Then, the manuscript will be sent to at least two anonymous reviewers. Sometimes (if required) a third peer-reviewer is also needed for further recommendation. Reviewers' comments are then sent to the corresponding author for necessary actions and responses. Finally, the Editor shall inform the author of the results of the review as soon as possible, hopefully within sixty days.

The final decision of manuscript acceptance is made by Editor in Chief or Regional (Handling) Editor (together with Editorial Board if required) according to reviewers' critical comments. SLRev has four tipes of decisions:

• Accepted, as it is
• Accepted by Minor Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
• Accepted by Major Revisions (let authors revised with stipulated time)
• Rejected (generally, on grounds of the outside of scope and aim, major technical description problems, lack of clarity of presentation)

Editor will also run a plagiarism check using Turnitin or Ithenticate for the submitted articles before sending it to the reviewers. If a manuscript has over 15% of similarity, we will send back the article to the author to be revised for the plagiarised contents. The journal is carried out by using Mendeley as a Tool Reference Manager and Chicago Manual of Style 17th Edition (full note) as the style.

Publication Frequency

Journal of Law and Lawyers (SSN: - | e-ISSN: -).

Short journal title: JoLaL

JoLaL pubilcation is twice a year. For the year 2024, Volume 1, Issue 1 and 1 are scheduled for publication (September & March).

Journal of Law and Lawyers is electronically published via journal website (http://journal.harmonierpress.com/index.php/jolal/index).

The SLRev journal is published by Harmonier Press 

Commencement of publication: September 2024

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. Articles are freely available to both subscribers and the wider public with permitted reuse.

All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.  We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license options: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)

Authors and readers can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, as well as remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, but they must give appropriate credit (cite to the article or content), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. If you remix, transform or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

The Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if accepted for publication, copyright of the article shall be assigned to Journal of Law and Lawyer and Harmonier Press as the publisher of the journal.

Archiving

This journal utilizes the LOCKSS system to create a distributed archiving system among participating libraries and permits those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration. More...

Publication Ethics and Publication Malpractice Statement

Journal of Law and Lawyers (J. Law & lawyers - JoLaL) is a peer-reviewed journal published by Harmonier Press. This journal is available in print and online and highly respects the publication ethic and avoids any type of plagiarism. This statement explains the ethical behavior of all parties involved in the act of publishing an article in this journal, including the author, the editor-in-chief, the editorial board, the peer-reviewers­­­­­ and the publisher (Harmonier Press). This statement is based on COPE’s Best Practice Guidelines for Journal Editors.

Ethical Guideline for Journal Publication

The publication of an article in a peer-reviewed journal of SLRev is an essential building block in the development of a coherent and respected network of knowledge. It is a direct reflection of the quality of the work of the authors and the institutions that support them. Peer-reviewed articles support and embody the scientific method. It is, therefore, important to agree upon standards of expected ethical behavior for all parties involved in the act of publishing: the author, the journal editor, the peer-reviewer, the publisher and the society.

Harmonier Press as the publisher of SLRev takes its duties of guardianship over all stages of publishing seriously and we recognize our ethical behavior and other responsibilities. We are committed to ensuring that advertising, reprinting or other commercial revenue has no impact or influence on the editorial decisions. In addition, the Faculty of Law, Harmonier Pressand Editorial Board will assist in communications with other journals and/or publishers where this is useful and necessary.

Allegations of Research Misconduct

Research misconduct means fabrication, falsification, citation manipulation, or plagiarism in producing, performing, or reviewing research and writing an article by authors, or in reporting research results. When authors are found to have been involved with research misconduct or other serious irregularities involving articles that have been published in scientific journals, Editors have a responsibility to ensure the accuracy and integrity of the scientific record.

In cases of suspected misconduct, the Editors and Editorial Board will use the best practices of COPE to assist them to resolve the complaint and address the misconduct fairly. This will include an investigation of the allegation by the Editors. A submitted manuscript that is found to contain such misconduct will be rejected. In cases where a published paper is found to contain such misconduct, a retraction can be published and will be linked to the original article.

The first step involves determining the validity of the allegation and an assessment of whether the allegation is consistent with the definition of research misconduct. This initial step also involves determining whether the individuals alleging misconduct have relevant conflicts of interest. 

If scientific misconduct or the presence of other substantial research irregularities is a possibility, the allegations are shared with the corresponding author, who, on behalf of all of the coauthors, is requested to provide a detailed response. After the response is received and evaluated, additional review and involvement of experts (such as statistical reviewers) may be obtained. For cases in which it is unlikely that misconduct has occurred, clarifications, additional analyses, or both, published as letters to the editor, and often including a correction notice and correction to the published article are sufficient. 

Institutions are expected to conduct an appropriate and thorough investigation of allegations of scientific misconduct. Ultimately, authors, journals, and institutions have an important obligation to ensure the accuracy of the scientific record. By responding appropriately to concerns about scientific misconduct, and taking necessary actions based on evaluation of these concerns, such as corrections, retractions with replacement, and retractions, Journal of Law and Lawyers will continue to fulfill the responsibilities of ensuring the validity and integrity of the scientific record.

Publication decisions

The editor of the Journal of Law and Lawyers is responsible for deciding which of the articles submitted to the journal should be published. The validation of the work in question and its importance to researchers and readers must always drive such decisions. The editors may be guided by the policies of the journal's editorial board and constrained by such legal requirements as shall then be in force regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The editors may confer with other editors or reviewers in making this decision.

Complaints and Appeals

SLrev journal will have a clear procedure for handling complaints against the journal, Editorial Staff, Editorial Board or Publisher. The complaints will be clarified to a respected person with respect to the case of complaint. The scope of complaints includes anything related to the journal business process, i.e. editorial process, found citation manipulation, unfair editor/reviewer, peer-review manipulation, etc. The complaint cases will be processed according to COPE guideline. The complaint cases should be sent by email to: jolalharmonier@gmail.com

Fair play

The editor at any time evaluates manuscripts for their intellectual content without regard to race, gender, sexual orientation, religious belief, ethnic origin, citizenship, or political philosophy of the authors.

Confidentiality

The editor and any editorial staff must not disclose any information about a submitted manuscript to anyone other than the corresponding author, reviewers, potential reviewers, other editorial advisers, and the publisher, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished materials disclosed in a submitted manuscript must not be used in an editor's own research without the express written consent of the author.

Duties of Reviewers

Contribution to Editorial Decisions. Peer review assists the editor in making editorial decisions and through the editorial communications with the author may also assist the author in improving the paper.

Promptness. Any selected referee who feels unqualified to review the research reported in a manuscript or knows that its prompt review will be impossible should notify the editor and excuse himself from the review process.

Confidentiality. Any manuscripts received for review must be treated as confidential documents. They must not be shown to or discussed with others except as authorized by the editor.

Standards of Objectivity. Reviews should be conducted objectively. Personal criticism of the author is inappropriate. Referees should express their views clearly with supporting arguments.

Acknowledgment of Sources. Reviewers should identify relevant published work that has not been cited by the authors. Any statement that an observation, derivation, or argument had been previously reported should be accompanied by the relevant citation. A reviewer should also call to the editor's attention any substantial similarity or overlap between the manuscript under consideration and any other published paper of which they have personal knowledge.

Disclosure and Conflict of Interest. Privileged information or ideas obtained through peer review must be kept confidential and not used for personal advantage. Reviewers should not consider manuscripts in which they have conflicts of interest resulting from competitive, collaborative, or other relationships or connections with any of the authors, companies, or institutions connected to the papers.

Duties of Authors

Reporting standards. Authors of reports of original research should present an accurate account of the work performed as well as an objective discussion of its significance. Underlying data should be represented accurately in the paper. A paper should contain sufficient detail and references to permit others to replicate the work. Fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements constitute unethical behavior and are unacceptable.

Originality and Plagiarism. The authors should ensure that they have written entirely original works, and if the authors have used the work and/or words of others that this has been appropriately cited or quoted.

Multiple, Redundant or Concurrent Publication. An author should not, in general, publish manuscripts describing essentially the same research in more than one journal or primary publication. Submitting the same manuscript to more than one journal concurrently constitutes unethical publishing behavior and is unacceptable.

Acknowledgment of Sources. Proper acknowledgment of the work of others must always be given. Authors should cite publications that have been influential in determining the nature of the reported work.

Authorship of the Paper. Authorship should be limited to those who have made a significant contribution to the conception, design, execution, or interpretation of the reported study. All those who have made significant contributions should be listed as co-authors. Where there are others who have participated in certain substantive aspects of the research project, they should be acknowledged or listed as contributors. The corresponding author should ensure that all appropriate co-authors and no inappropriate co-authors are included on the paper and that all co-authors have seen and approved the final version of the paper and have agreed to its submission for publication.

Disclosure and Conflicts of Interest. All authors should disclose in their manuscript any financial or other substantive conflicts of interest that might be construed to influence the results or interpretation of their manuscript. All sources of financial support for the project should be disclosed.

Fundamental Errors in Published Works. When an author discovers a significant error or inaccuracy in his/her own published work, it is the author’s obligation to promptly notify the journal editor or publisher and cooperate with the editor to retract or correct the paper.

Ethical Oversight 

If the research work involves procedures or equipment that have any unusual hazards inherent in their use, the author must clearly identify these in the manuscript in order to obey the ethical conduct of research using animals and human subjects. If required, the Authors must provide legal ethical clearance from the association or legal organization. 

If the research involves confidential data and of business/marketing practices, authors should clearly justify this matter whether the data or information will be hidden securely or not. 

Intellectual Property (Copyright Policy)

As a journal author, you have rights for a large range of uses of your article, including use by your employing institute or company. These Author rights can be exercised without the need to obtain specific permission. 

Authors publishing in SLRev journals have wide rights to use their works for teaching and scholarly purposes without needing to seek permission, including: use for classroom teaching by Author or Author's institution and presentation at a meeting or conference and distributing copies to attendees; use for internal training by author's company; distribution to colleagues for their research use; use in a subsequent compilation of the author's works; inclusion in a thesis or dissertation; reuse of portions or extracts from the article in other works (with full acknowledgement of final article); preparation of derivative works (other than commercial purposes) (with full acknowledgement of final article); voluntary posting on open web sites operated by author or author’s institution for scholarly purposes (follow CC by SA License).

Authors and readers can copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, as well as remix, transform, and build upon the material for any purpose, even commercially, but they must give appropriate credit (cite to the article or content), provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. If you remix, transform or build upon the material, you must distribute your contributions under the same license as the original.

Peer-Review Process Policy

Peer-Review process/policy is declared here: http://journal.harmonierpress.com/index.php/jolal/about/editorialPolicies#peerReviewProcess

Post-Publication Discussions and Corrections

JoLaL journal accepts discussion and corrections on published articles by reader. In case the reader giving discussions and corrections toward a published article, the reader can contact by email to Editor in Chief by explaining the discussions and corrections. If accepted (by Editor in Chief), the discussions and correction will be published in next issue as Letter to Editor. Respected Authors can reply/answer the discussions and corrections from the reader by sending the reply to Editor in Chief. Therefore, Editors may publish the answer as Reply to Letter to Editor.

Copyright Transfer Agreement

The Authors submitting a manuscript do so on the understanding that if accepted for publication, copyright publishing of the article shall be assigned to Journal of Law and Lawyers, Harmonier Press as the publisher of the journal.

Copyright encompasses exclusive rights to reproduce and deliver the article in all form and media, including reprints, photographs, microfilms, and any other similar reproductions, as well as translations. The reproduction of any part of this journal, its storage in databases and its transmission by any form or media, such as electronic, electrostatic and mechanical copies, photocopies, recordings, magnetic media, etc., will be allowed only with written permission from Harmonier Press.

Journal of Law and Lawyers, the Editors and the Advisory International Editorial Board make every effort to ensure that no wrong or misleading data, opinions or statements be published in the journal. In any way, the contents of the articles and advertisements published in the Journal of Law and Lawyers are sole and exclusive responsibility of their respective authors and advertisers.

Remember, even though we ask for a transfer of copyright, our journal authors retain (or are granted back) significant scholarly rights.

The Copyright Transfer Form can be downloaded here: [Copyright Transfer Form JoLaL] 

The copyright form should be signed originally and send to the Editorial Office in the form of original mail, scanned document or fax.

Peer-Review process/policy is declared here: http://journal.harmonierpress.com/index.php/jolal/about/editorialPolicies#peerReviewProcess

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Dr. Ahmad Munir, S.H., M.H.
Editor-in-Chief
Journal of Law and Lawyer

Faculty of Law, Universitas Islam Darul 'Ulum

Author Processing Charges

Journal of Law and Lawyers (JoLaL) welcomes article submissions and does not charge Article Processing Charges (APCs) and Article Publication Fee (Free). For Libraries/Individual, can read and download any full-text articles for free of charge. For Printed editions subscription, please contact us.

About Journal of Law and Lawyers

Journal of Law and Lawyers (JoLaL) is an international journal published by Harmonier Press. The research article submitted to this online journal will be peer-reviewed. The accepted research articles will be available online (free download) following the journal peer-reviewing process. The language used in this journal is English.

Official Website of JoLaL Journal is: http://journal.harmonierpress.com/index.php/jolal/index

Online Submission Website address: http://journal.harmonierpress.com/index.php/jolal/user/register

Started from Volume 1 Number 2 Year 2017 to present this journal has been indexed by Asean Citation Index (ACI) and Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ).

This journal has been indexed by CrossRef and all articles have DOI number.

USER RIGHTS

All articles published Open Access will be immediately and permanently free for everyone to read and download.  We are continuously working with our author communities to select the best choice of license as follows:
• Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA)

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Indexing & Abstracting

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