About the Journal

Journal Critical Legal System (JCLS) is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to the advancement of critical inquiry within the field of legal science.

Focus and Scope

JCLS adopts the Critical Legal Studies (CLS) framework, heavily influenced by Lawrence M. Friedman’s theory of the three components of the legal system: structure, substance, and legal culture. The journal provides a platform for scholars to dissect, critique, and reconstruct the law as a non-neutral socio-political institution.

We invite original research that challenges mainstream legal discourse—such as legal formalism, positivism, and liberal legalism—through interdisciplinary lenses, including:

  • Sociology of Law and Political Economy.
  • Feminist Jurisprudence and Queer Legal Theory.
  • Critical Race Theory and Post-colonial Studies.
  • Legal Humanities and Political Philosophy.

Including common scope:

  • Criminal Law;
  • Civil Law;
  • International Law;
  • Constitutional Law;
  • Administrative Law;
  • Agrarian Law
  • Criminal Procedural Law
  • Civil Procedural Law
  • Constitutional Law
  • Islamic Law;
  • Akhwalus Syakhsyiyah Law;
  • Munakahat Law;
  • Faraidh/Mawaris Law;
  • Army/Military Law;
  • Sea Law;
  • Economic Law;
  • Medical Law;
  • Custom Law;
  • Environmental Law, etc.

Publication Frequency

To ensure a steady flow of high-quality scholarly contributions, the journal is published three times a year in April, August, and December.

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. Readers have the right to read, download, copy, distribute, print, search, or link to the full texts of articles.

Copyright Notice

Authors who publish with this journal agree to the following terms:

  • Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of first publication.
  • Articles are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-SA 4.0), which allows others to share and adapt the work with an acknowledgement of the work's authorship and initial publication in this journal.

Privacy Statement

The names and email addresses entered in this journal site will be used exclusively for the stated purposes of this journal and will not be made available for any other purpose or to any other party.

Archiving System

To ensure the long-term preservation of digital content, Journal Critical Legal System utilizes the LOCKSS (Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) and CLOCKSS (Controlled Lots of Copies Keep Stuff Safe) systems. These archives create a distributed system among participating libraries, allowing those libraries to create permanent archives of the journal for purposes of preservation and restoration.

Sponsorship Disclosure

This journal is managed and published by the PERKUMPULAN RESEARCH LEGAL SYSTEM INDONESIA. The editorial process is funded independently by the institution to maintain academic integrity and independence.