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Author Guidelines

AUTHOR GUIDELINES

The following guidelines for prospective authors apply:

  1. Manuscripts are the results of research, analysis of court decisions, theoretical studies, literature studies, or critical conceptual ideas around current legal issues that are objective, systematic, analytical, and descriptive.
  2. Manuscripts must be original works and have never been published in other journals or other media.
  3. Manuscripts sent are not in the process of editing, reviewing, or publishing in other journals.
  4. Manuscripts can be written in Indonesian or English.
  5. Article writing using standard language that is approved, straightforward, simple, easy to understand, and does not contain multiple meanings.
  6. Systematics of writing includes: (a) Title of the manuscript, (b) Identity of the author (Author's name without a title, Name of Agency, and email address of the author), (c) Abstract accompanied by keywords (Indonesian and English), Introduction, Method, Discussion (sub-chapters follow the studies discussed in the article), Conclusions, Suggestions and Recommendations, Bibliography.
  7. Writing format as follows:
    1. The manuscript is sent in the form of a document file with the entire script length, including footnotes and bibliography, ranging from 4,000 to 6,500 words (18-25 pages).
    2. Unless otherwise indicated earlier, abbreviations should be avoided. Titles of journals should be written out in full.
    3. Abstract of 150-200 words are written in one paragraph and 1 (one) space in Indonesian and English.
    4. Keywords in Indonesian and English are written below the abstract amount of 3-5 words.
    5. The manuscript is typed on A4 size paper with Times New Roman font size of 12 pt font size and 1.5 spaces.
    6. Writing citations must include the source in the form of a footnote. Writing quotes using a reference management application such as Mendeley, Zotero, etc. is preferred.
    7. Reference should be from the most recent edition. Writing bibliography arranged alphabetically by category; Books, Journals, Legislation, the Internet.
  8. The author must guarantee the validity of the writing and does not violate the scientific code of ethics and does not violate copyrights.
  9. The contents of the writing are not the responsibility of the editor. The editor has the right to edit the editorial without changing the substance.
  10. Authors should be willing to respond to questions from readers of their articles.
  11. All article manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by qualified academics in the field; this is a process that may take weeks or months.

  12. All submitted manuscripts will undergo a double anonymous peer review process conducted by at least two independent and qualified reviewers with expertise relevant to the subject of the manuscript. The identities of the authors and reviewers are kept confidential throughout the peer review process. Reviewers evaluate manuscripts based on, among other criteria, originality, relevance, legal and theoretical contribution, methodological rigor, quality of analysis, clarity of presentation, and compliance with academic and publication ethics.

    Based on the reviewers' recommendations, the Editor may decide to: (a) accept the manuscript; (b) accept subject to minor revisions; (c) require major revisions and further review; or (d) reject the manuscript. The final decision regarding publication is made by the Editor-in-Chief or an authorized editor after considering the reviewers' recommendations.

    The peer review process may take several weeks or months depending on the availability of reviewers and the complexity of the manuscript.

  13. Critical Legal Review (CLR) does not charge any Article Processing Charges (APCs), submission fees, publication fees, or other mandatory fees to authors for submitting, reviewing, processing, or publishing manuscripts.

    All articles are published under an open access model without any publication charges to authors. The editorial and peer review process is conducted independently of any payment or financial consideration.

    There are no hidden charges associated with manuscript submission, peer review, editorial processing, or publication

 

TITLE

The title of the manuscripts should be brief and clear, no more that 14 words for Bahasa Indonesia or 10 words for English all caps, Times New Roman , capital 12pt, bold, centered. Author(s) name should exclude an academic degree or an indication of position and rank, Times New Roman , bold, 12 pt, single space. Author(s) affiliation and email are written with Times New Roman, regular, 12 pt, single space.

ABSTRACT

Abstracts are written with a maximum of 150-300 words in English and Bahasa Indonesia. Abstracts must be clear and descriptive which provide a brief description of the problem under study. Abstract includes the reasons for choosing a topic or the importance of the topic of the research, research methods and summary of results. Abstracts must end with comments about the importance of the results or concise conclusions. Font type used Times New Roman, italic, 12 pt, single space.

KEYWORDS

Keywords are the labels of your manuscript and critical to correct indexing and searching. Therefore the keywords should represent the concept that highlight your article. The keywords should be 3 to 5 keywords. Use only those abbreviations that are firmly established in the field. e.g. DNA. Each words/phrase in keyword. 12 pt, Times New Roman, italic

Plagiarism Screening

Critical Legal Review (CLR) routinely screens all submitted manuscripts for plagiarism and substantial textual similarity before the peer review process.

Plagiarism screening is conducted using plagiarism detection or similarity-checking software. Manuscripts identified as containing plagiarism, substantial unattributed similarity, or other forms of academic misconduct may be returned to the authors for clarification or revision, or rejected in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policy.

The screening process is conducted to ensure the originality, integrity, and academic quality of manuscripts published by Critical Legal Review (CLR).

INTRODUCTION

The introduction outlines the background of the problem being resolved, the issues related to the problem being solved, the research reviews that have been done before by other researchers who are relevant to the research conducted. It is best to avoid organizing writing into "sub-title children" in this section.
The template for this article format was created in MS Word, and then saved in rtf format. This template allows article writers to prepare articles according to rules relatively quickly and accurately. 12pt Times New Roman, regular, space 1.5, spacing before 0 pt, after 0 pt.

METHOD

Basically this section explains how the research was conducted, which includes (1) the problem to be examined; (2) research objectives); (3) data collection techniques; (4) and data analysis techniques. Pt 12pt Times New Roman, regular, space 1.5, spacing before 0 pt, after 0 pt.

RESULTS AND DISCUSSION

The discussion in the article aims to: (1) answer the problem formulation and research questions; (2) shows how the findings were obtained; (3) interpret findings; (4) linking research findings to established knowledge structures; and (5) bringing up new theories or modification of existing theories.
In answering the formulation of the problem and research questions, the results of the study must be concluded explicitly. Interpretation of findings is carried out using logic and existing theories. Findings in the form of reality in the field are integrated / linked with the results of previous studies or with existing theories. For this purpose there must be a reference. In bringing up new theories, old theories can be confirmed or rejected, some may need to modify theories from old theories. 12pt Times New Roman, regular.

CONCLUSION

The conclusions of the manuscripts contain constructive conclusion and suggestions for the development of the study. Conclusions present a summary of the description of the results and discussion, referring to the research objectives. Based on these two points, new ideas are developed which are the essence of research findings. 12pt, Times New Roman, regular.

REFERENCES

This section lists books, articles or other references that the article made, which is also written in the footnotes list of articles. The type of reference recommended in the Sasana Law Journal refers to the Turabian Style 8th Edition (full note). For consistency of references, please use the Zotero Reference Manager Applications or Mendeley. 12pt, Times New Roman, regular.

Submission Preparation Checklist

All submissions must meet the following requirements.

  • This submission meets the requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
  • This submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration.
  • All references have been checked for accuracy and completeness.
  • All tables and figures have been numbered and labeled.
  • Permission has been obtained to publish all photos, datasets and other material provided with this submission.

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