Focus and Scope

This journal focuses on all aspects of Law, including criminal law, civil law, procedural law, constitutional law, state administration law, international law, legal philosophy, Islamic law, and customary law with various study approaches.

Section Policies

Articles

Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

• Submitted papers will be reviewed by the editors to ensure that the papers fulfill the theme and submission guidelines. Selected articles are subject to peer review. The maximum period for reviewing is 4 weeks.
• Legal Literacy uses double blind peer-review involving reviewers based on their legal expertise. The final decision on the publication of papers is only decided by the editor according with the recommendations of the reviewers.
• Plagiarism and self-plagiarism are prohibited in the drafting of the papers.
• To recruit reviewers, the process is carried out by looking at the reviewer's background with a minimum of having published in SCOPUS Indexed articles or published in international journals.

Publication Frequency

Literasi Hukum is published twice a year in April and October

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.

Template

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Publication Ethics

AUTHOR ETHICS

1. Reporting. Author must present the results of research and articles honestly and clearly, without any data manipulation. The Article must clearly include the source of the citation by LITERASI HUKUM journal writing guidelines.
2. Originality and plagiarism. Author must ensure that the article sent to the editor is original, sourced from their own ideas and writings, and not traced in part or in full from another article. Other relevant publications and used as references, both others articles or the writers themselves, should be cited in the writing.
3. Repeat publishing. Author must guarantee that the articles sent to LITERASI HUKUM has never been published in a journal or other publication (chapters in books, articles in newspapers and so on). If the article sent to LITERASI HUKUM has previously been sent to another journal but has not been published, the author must include a letter of revocation of the article from the previous journal.
4. Citation. Author must ensure that all data used, citations referred to in the article have been checked and clearly stated the source of the citation. If the data or source used requires permission from the institution or the original author, author must take care of it before sending the article to LITERASI HUKUM.
5. Writing mistake. If author discovers writing errors, such as mistake in citing sources, error in presenting data and so on, author must immediately contact LITERASI HUKUM editor before the article is published. Errors discovered after the articles is published are the sole responsibility of the author.
6. Conflict of interest. Author may have a conflict of interest in the form of funding, employment, political affiliation or other conflicts of interest related to the research conducted. For example, the researcher examines the company where the author works, or examines a company that happens to be the main sponsor of the research. Author must state the possibility of a conflict of interest honestly which more or less influences the results of the article.

EDITOR ETHICS

1. Objectivity. Editor ensures that the editing process is conducted purely with scientific and academic considerations.
2. Transparency. Article review process should be conducted transparently. The editor's decision to accept, reject or return an article to be revised by the author is accompanied by clear reasons. The editor must guarantee that the authors have the right to be given information openly about the status of their articles, process and reasons for an article to be accepted, rejected or corrected.
3. Information of publication and review process. Editor must ensure that writing guidelines for authors can be accessed easily, both print and electronic. Editor also provides review guidelines for reviewers.
4. Fair play. Editor ensures that the decision to edit an article includes deciding whether to accept or reject the articles, based on purely scientific considerations, regardless of gender, religious background, ethnicity, political affiliation and so on. If articles must be selected due to consideration of limited allocation of journal page, the choice of article is based on objective considerations regarding the quality of the articles.
5. Unpublished articles. Editor must notify authors if their articles cannot be published by LITERASI HUKUM. Editor is not allowed to use data or article that is not published for other purposes without the authors’ permission.
6. Confidentiality. Review process is conducted in a blind reader. Editor must ensure that they do not notify the reviewer about the authors being reviewer. Editors must guarantee the confidentiality of both the author and data in the articles.

REVIEWER ETHICS

1. Objectivity. Reviews should be conducted objectively with academic and scientific considerations. Review process is carried out objectively and professionally regardless of gender, religious background, race, ethnicity, citizenship, political partnership and so on.
2. Transparency. Article review process should be conducted transparently. The decision to accept, reject or return the article to be revised by the author, is accompanied by clear reasons. If an article is decided to be rejected, reviewer gives a clear reason for being rejected. If an article is decided to be revised by the author, reviewer points out the part that must be revised so that it can be a guide for the writer to improve the article.
3. Reference source. Peer review must ensure that the articles reviewed have met good writing standards. Reviewer must check whether the reference sources have been cited correctly. If there is a citation error, reviewer notifies the editor.
4. Originality and plagiarism. Articles issued by LITERASI HUKUM must be free from plagiarism. Reviewer can notify LITERASI HUKUM editor if there is an indication of the plagiarism of the article that was examined. Editor must confirm and further examine the plagiarism indication found by the reviewer.
5. Conflict of interest. Reviewers tell the editor honestly if they happen to be reviewing an article that has a conflict of interest with them. Such as the author is their colleague, involved as a research team member, the topic written is the institution where the reviewer works and so on.
6. Deadlines. Reviewer must complete the article review process according to the agreed time, which is in 2 weeks. If reviewer needs additional time or is likely to not be able to complete the review process on time, they must notify the LITERASI HUKUM editor.

Reviewer Acknowledgement

P - ISSN 2598-0769

E - ISSN 2598-0750

DEPARTMENT OF LAW, UNIVERSITAS TIDAR, INDONESIA