Law and Social Development Journal (LSDJ)

About the Journal

Law and Social Development Journal (LSDJ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to examining the dynamic relationship between law and social development. LSDJ provides a scholarly platform for researchers, academics, and practitioners to disseminate knowledge, insights, and innovative approaches in addressing contemporary legal issues and their impact on society.

Focus and Scope

• Law: Constitutional law, civil law, criminal law, business law, human rights, administrative law, environmental law, and public policy.

• Social Development: Legal aspects of education, health, governance, social welfare, environmental sustainability, and community empowerment.

• Legal Transformation: Studies that explore how legal frameworks contribute to or hinder social progress, justice, equality, and sustainable development.

Key Features

• Publication Frequency: Biannual (January and July).

• Languages: Indonesian or English, with abstracts in English.

• License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0).

LSDJ is committed to fostering interdisciplinary dialogue and promoting impactful research that bridges law and social change in diverse contexts.

Submission Policy:

• Manuscripts must be original, unpublished, and not under consideration elsewhere.

• Submissions undergo a rigorous double-blind peer review to ensure quality, integrity, and adherence to the highest ethical standards.

• Editors evaluate manuscripts for scholarly value, originality, and relevance, while upholding transparency and fairness without discrimination or conflicts of interest.

All papers are published in biannual issues (January and July).

For submission, please use the online submission system only and download the author template (MS Word or LaTeX) from our website.
If you encounter any difficulties, kindly contact us at: editor@pspmas.org.