Focus and Scope

Focus

The Indonesian Journal of Islamic Law (IJIL) is a peer-reviewed academic international journal that publishes original, high-quality research on Islamic law as a discursive and institutional phenomenon, with particular attention to ijtihād-based legal issues and perspectives from the Global South. The journal seeks to advance scholarly understanding of how Islamic law is interpreted, applied, contested, and reformed within social, political, and legal institutions—especially in Southeast Asia and other Global South contexts—while contributing to international debates on Islamic law, legal pluralism, and legal change.



Scope

The journal welcomes contributions from scholars and practitioners employing socio-legal, qualitative, comparative, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of Islamic law. Its scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:
1. Islamic Law and Socio-Legal Transformation
2. Judicial Institutions, Governance, and Legal Authority
3. Family Law, Gender, and Social Justice
4. Islamic Legal Thought, Uṣūl al-Fiqh, and Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿah
5. Global South, Postcolonial, and Decolonial Approaches to Islamic Law
6. Digital Society, Technology, and Contemporary Fatwa Practices
7. Islamic Law, Public Ethics, and Economic Governance