Focus and Scope

LEX POLICY: Journal of Law, Public Policy and Justice is a peer-reviewed academic journal focusing on the development of legal scholarship and public policy studies in relation to justice, governance, institutional reform, energy, environment, and sustainable development.

The journal provides a scholarly platform for academics, researchers, legal practitioners, policymakers, government officials, and other stakeholders to examine contemporary legal and policy issues through doctrinal, comparative, socio-legal, empirical, interdisciplinary, and policy-oriented perspectives.

LEX POLICY views law not only as a system of norms, but also as an instrument of governance, public policy, institutional regulation, social transformation, protection of rights, environmental management, and sustainable development. The journal therefore welcomes studies that explore the interaction between legal frameworks, public institutions, regulatory systems, public policy, justice, and societal development.

Focus

The journal focuses on contemporary and emerging issues at the intersection of law, public policy, justice, governance, energy, environment, and sustainable development. Particular emphasis is placed on research that contributes to the development of legal theory, regulatory frameworks, institutional governance, and evidence-informed public policy.

The journal especially encourages studies addressing legal and policy challenges arising from regulatory change, institutional transformation, environmental pressures, energy transition, technological development, economic transformation, and evolving demands for justice and accountability.

Scope

The scope of LEX POLICY includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Public Policy and Regulatory Governance, including policy formulation, implementation, evaluation, regulatory design, regulatory reform, administrative regulation, institutional governance, and policy effectiveness;
  • Constitutional and Administrative Law, including constitutional governance, public administration, state institutions, administrative decision-making, decentralization, regional governance, and public accountability;
  • Environmental Law and Policy, including environmental governance, environmental protection, pollution control, conservation, environmental regulation, climate-related policy, and environmental compliance;
  • Energy Law and Policy, including energy regulation, energy governance, renewable energy, fossil energy regulation, energy security, energy markets, and legal frameworks governing the energy sector;
  • Energy Transition, including renewable energy transition, decarbonization, climate policy, regulatory transformation, low-carbon development, and the legal and institutional dimensions of energy transition;
  • Environmental and Ecological Justice, including access to environmental justice, distribution of environmental risks and benefits, community rights, ecological protection, environmental conflicts, and justice in natural resource governance;
  • Human Rights and Justice, including civil, political, economic, social, cultural, and environmental rights, access to justice, legal protection, equality, non-discrimination, and institutional accountability;
  • Sustainable Development Law and Policy, including legal and policy frameworks supporting sustainable development, Sustainable Development Goals, sustainable governance, green development, and institutional sustainability;
  • Natural Resources Law and Governance, including land, forestry, mining, water, coastal resources, biodiversity, natural resource management, licensing, and resource-related conflicts;
  • Legal Reform and Regulatory Reform, including legislative reform, regulatory simplification, legal harmonization, institutional reform, law enforcement reform, and the development of responsive legal systems;
  • Economic and Business Regulation, including corporate regulation, investment policy, competition, state-owned enterprises, regional enterprises, public-private relations, and legal frameworks governing economic activities;
  • Socio-Legal Studies, including the relationship between law and society, legal culture, legal behavior, access to justice, implementation of law, community responses to regulation, and the social impact of legal policy;
  • Comparative Law and Comparative Public Policy, including comparative studies between Indonesia and other jurisdictions, particularly ASEAN, Asia-Pacific, Europe, and other regions;
  • Governance and Institutional Studies, including public sector governance, institutional capacity, transparency, accountability, regulatory institutions, and relationships among government, private actors, and civil society;
  • Law, Technology, and Public Policy, including digital regulation, data governance, artificial intelligence, platform regulation, cybersecurity, digital public services, and emerging technology policy insofar as they relate to law, governance, or public interest.

Research Approaches

LEX POLICY welcomes manuscripts employing a broad range of scholarly approaches, including:

  • normative or doctrinal legal research;
  • comparative legal research;
  • socio-legal research;
  • empirical legal research;
  • qualitative and quantitative policy research;
  • regulatory and institutional analysis;
  • case study approaches;
  • interdisciplinary research; and
  • policy analysis and policy evaluation.

Manuscripts are expected to demonstrate a clear research problem, appropriate methodology, rigorous analysis, and a meaningful contribution to legal scholarship, public policy, institutional governance, or professional practice.

Geographical Coverage

The journal welcomes research concerning Indonesia as well as comparative and international studies. Comparative perspectives involving Indonesia, ASEAN, Europe, and other jurisdictions are particularly encouraged where they provide relevant theoretical, regulatory, institutional, or policy insights.

Studies focusing on specific national, regional, or local contexts are also welcome when their findings contribute to broader discussions on law, public policy, justice, governance, energy, environment, or sustainable development.

Types of Contributions

LEX POLICY primarily publishes original research articles. The journal also welcomes comparative studies and policy-oriented legal analyses that offer substantial scholarly contributions and are consistent with the journal's focus and scope.

Manuscripts that are purely descriptive, lack a clear analytical framework, or fall outside the fields of law, public policy, justice, governance, energy, environment, and sustainable development may be considered outside the journal's scope.