Focus

PATTIMURA Legal Journal abbreviated (PELA), is  an open-access and peer-reviewed journal, managed and published by the Doctoral Study Program of Postgraduate Law of Pattimura University, to provide a platform for academics, legal practitioners, researchers, and students to share insights, innovations, and critical approaches from the results  of high-quality legal research on Indonesian law and its interaction with legal developments at the regional and global levels. This journal focuses on a critical analysis of the interaction between legal political dynamics, the legislative process, and the implementation of legal policies. This journal publishes legal studies that are theoretical, interdisciplinary, normative, and empirical (socio-legal) and comparative, which discuss how political dynamics shape legal products and how legal policies are implemented in various jurisdictions and actors globally.

Scope

The scope of the articles published in this PATTIMURA Legal Journal includes, but is not limited to the following topics:

1) Legal Politics and Comparative Constitutionalism: (1) Legislative Dynamics: Political configurations, interest groups, and power relations in the process of law-making at the national and international levels. (2) Judicial Politics: The role of politics, independence, and activism of the Constitutional Court, the Supreme Court, and the international judiciary. (3) Legal Reform and Democratic Transition: The evolution of the legal system, indicators of rule of law, and institutional reform in Indonesia and other developing/transitional countries. Comparative Public Law: A cross-border analysis of constitutional design, administrative frameworks, and local governance.

2) Legal Policy and Regulatory Governance: (1) National & Global Policy Evaluation: Critical assessment of the effectiveness, social impact, and implementation of public policies and local regulations (Perda). (2) Harmonization and Synchronization: Overcoming hyper-regulation, conflict of norms, and integration of international treaties into the domestic legal system. (3) Regulatory Innovation: Adoption and adaptation of Regulatory Impact Assessment (RIA), omnibus legislation, and digital-based legal design. (4) Good Governance & Anti-Corruption: National and transnational legal frameworks to strengthen accountability, transparency, and integrity in the public sector.

3) Common Contemporary Law and Global-Local Challenges: (1) Human Rights and Social Justice: National human rights policies, protection of minorities, indigenous peoples, gender equality, and environmental justice. (2) Digital Law and Technology: Cyber law policy, artificial intelligence (AI) governance, data privacy, and digital sovereignty at the national and global levels. (3) Economic, Agrarian, and Environmental Policy: The  legal regime that governs international trade, national investment, agrarian reform, climate change, and sustainable development. (4) Criminal Policy & Transnational Justice: Comparative criminal justice system, reform of the codification of national criminal law (such as the dynamics of the Criminal Code), and enforcement of transnational crime laws.