Focus and Scope

Focus

INTERLEGIA focuses on scholarly discussions of legal interpretation (rechtsvinding) as a dialogical process among normative texts, moral values, and social realities in pursuit of substantive justice. The journal views law not merely as written rules, but as a dynamic interpretative construction shaped by judicial decisions, public policies, social transformation, and legal thought, with a broad range of topics in the fields of Civil Law, Criminal Law, Islamic Law, International Law, Constitutional Law, Economic Law, Adat Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law, and another section related contemporary issues in law.

Scope

The journal welcomes research articles and conceptual studies in the following areas:

1.     Legal Theory and Philosophy covering: Theories of justice,  Legal hermeneutics,  Philosophy of legal interpretation, Law and morality, Critiques of legal positivism;

2.   Judicial Reasoning and Legal Discovery covering: Judicial reasoning and argumentation, Court decision analysis, Judicial activism vs restraint, Legal interpretation in adjudication;

3.  Law and Social Justice covering: Pancasila justice, Theological or value-based justice, Restorative justice, Law and vulnerable groups, Law and social development;

4. Interdisciplinary Legal Studies covering: Socio-legal studies, Law and economics, Law and religion, Critical legal studies, Law and culture;

5. Legal Reform and Reconstruction covering: National legal reform, Justice-based regulatory reconstruction, Policy evaluation, Harmonization of national and international law.