Focus and Scope

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is a journal or media information and communication in the field of law contains scientific articles of research related to the field of legal science that includes civil law, criminal law, constitutional law, state administrative law, economic / business law, constitutional law, Islamic law, environmental law, customary law, international law, and others related to legal issues.

Section Policies

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Open Submissions

Indexed

Peer Reviewed

Peer Review Process

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan was published in print as Open Journal System (OJS) since 2019 under the management of the Faculty of Law, Muhammadiyah University of  Palembang.

The frequency of publication of the Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is two times a year, periodically in June and December.  All articles are published through peer review process conducted by the board of editors and reviewers, both internal and external.

Peer-Review Process begins with a review related to the accuracy of the fulfillment of author guidelines or article writing guidelines and review journal templates by the Board of Editors or editorial board both internally and externally. The editor is in charge of carefully checking and ensuring that the article being reviewed meets the Author Guidelines and Journal Templates. Furthermore, the editor is in charge of providing the results of the assessment by filling out the assessment result form or assessment form. The next process, the editorial team returns the article according to the results of the review from the Board of Editors if the article still does not meet the Author Guideline or Journal Template to be revised by the author.

In the review process by the Editorial Team, a review is also conducted related to checking similarity and/or plagiarism using Turnitin and/or other plagiarism tools. Articles that have met the requirements of the review process from the editorial team, are followed by the review process by reviewers. The editor is in charge of sending articles electronically to reviewers, both internal and external.

Internal reviewers and external reviewers who conduct the peer review process are tasked with reviewing and assessing the substance of the article, assisting the author by providing comments and inputs both related to the state of arts and other components of relevant substance.  The implementation of the review process uses double blind review. The ethical review process is carried out for the substance of the article, criticism and input is carried out objectively. Reviewers present clear views and inputs supported by clear arguments. Criticism of the author's personality is an unethical and inappropriate action carried out by reviewers during the review process in this journal.

In detail, the reviewers is tasked with identifying relevant legal documents, concepts, theories and previous studies that are used by the author to review and analyze. The reviewer is also tasked with identifying relevant reading sources or study results that have not been cited by the author.

The entire review process is conducted electronically. After the peer review process stage of reviewers is completed, then the Journal Editor decides which articles are worthy of publication, taking into account the results of the initial review of the editorial team, the validity of the article from the results of reviewers, the benefit and contribution of the substance of the article in the development of legal science for researchers, academics, and practitioners, especially related to the development of legal substance locally, nationally, and internationally. The final stage of the peer review process is accepted and copy editing and publication.

Publication Frequency

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is a Journal published online biannually in June 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.

Publication Ethic

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is a peer-reviewed open-access journal published by the Law Study Program, Faculty of Law, Universitas Muhammadiyah Palembang.

The management of Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is committed to maintaining the highest standards of publication ethics and integrity. Our publication ethics policy fully adheres to the principles and guidelines established by the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE), covering policies for the Open Access Policy, Publication Frequency, Editorial Board Ethics, Reviewer Ethics, and Author Ethics.

All submitted manuscripts are processed in accordance with these established standards through the Open Journal Systems (OJS) platform. Articles undergo a thorough review process by the Board of Editors as well as internal and external peer reviewers. To be considered for publication, manuscripts must fall within the Focus & Scope of the journal and be prepared in strict accordance with our Author Guidelines and Article Template.

Open Access Policy Ethic

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is a print journal based on Open Access Journal, therefore ethically this journal article can be accessed openly by readers. It is intended to support the development of the spread of sciences, especially related to the results of law studies, both in the local, national and international.

Publication Decisions

The Editor of the Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is responsible for deciding which articles are submitted to the journal that should be published. Validation of questionable work and its importance to researchers and readers should always drive those decisions. Editors can be guided by the journal's editorial board policies and limited by the legal requirements that will apply to defamation, copyright infringement, and plagiarism. Editors can work closely with other editors or reviewers in making these decisions.

Fair Play

Editors at all times evaluate manuscripts for their intellectual content regardless of the author's race, gender, sexual orientation, religious beliefs, ethnic origins, nationalities, or political philosophies.

Confidentiality

Any editors and editorial staff may not disclose any information about the manuscript submitted to anyone other than the authors concerned, reviewers, prospective reviewers, other editorial advisors, and publishers, as appropriate.

Disclosure and conflicts of interest

Unpublished material disclosed in submitted manuscripts should not be used in the editor's own research without the author's written consent.

The following statement describes the ethical conduct of all parties involved in the act of publishing articles for the Journal of Justice and Legal Assurance, namely: authors, editors, and peer reviewers

Duties of the Editorial Board

Publication of articles in this Journal through the Peer-Review Process which begins with a review of journal templates by the Board of Editors or editorial board as follows::

The Board of Editors both internal and external is tasked with carefully examining and ensuring that the article being reviewed must meet the Author Guidelines and Journal Templates.

This process is carried out in a single blind reviewer gradually towards double blind reviewer.

The editor is tasked with providing the results of the review or assessment results by filling out the assessment results form / assessment format.

Managing Editor is tasked with returning articles according to the results of the review from editors while the article still does not meet author guidelines and journal templates and publication ethics for authors.

In the process of review by editorial team, also conducted examination related to similarity checking using Turnitin and/or other plagiarism tools.

The entire process of reviewing articles by the Board of Editors is conducted electronically, and the editor is ethically responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of the entire review process, except for the benefit of the author and the journal publication process in this journal.  Unpublished articles should not be used in research and publication editors without the author's written consent.

Journal Editor is tasked to decide which articles are worthy of publication, taking into account the results of the initial review of the editorial team, the validity of articles from reviewers, the benefit and contribution of the substance of the article in the development of legal science for researchers, academics, and practitioners, especially related to the development of legal substance both locally, nationally, and internationally.

Duties of Reviewers

In this journal, all articles published through the peer review process conducted by internal reviewers and external reviewers who have scientific competence in accordance with published articles. The reviewer is tasked with assessing the substance of the article, assisting the author through comments and inputs both related to the state of arts and other relevant substance components. The review process is carried out using double blind review.  The review process is ethically carried out for the substance of the article, criticism and input is carried out objectively. The reviewer provides clear assessments, views and inputs supported by clear arguments. Criticism of the author's personal is an unethical and inappropriate action carried out by reviewers during the review process in this journal.

The reviewer is tasked with in detail assessing and identifying the relevance of legal documents, concepts, theories and results of previous relevant studies used by the author to review and analyze. The reviewer is also tasked with identifying reading sources or relevant study results that have not been summarized by the author. Every article reviewed by the reviewer is confidential which must be kept confidential, ethically correspondence related to the article to the author must go through the journal manager. The review process should not be carried out by the reviewer in the event that there is a conflict of interest with the author. Reviewers should not use the article being reviewed for their own benefit.

Duties of Authors

The author who wish to publish their articles in this journal must follow the requirements as presented in the Author Guidelines and Journal Templates. Articles sourced from research results must present their research methods clearly and accurately in accordance with the prevalence of research methods in the field of legal science. The data presented in the form of tables, matrix or images must include the source. Dishonesty in submitting data and references is unethical conduct that is not tolerated in this journal.

With regard to originality, it is conducted by the Turnitin process and/or other tools, and if the author uses the results of previous studies to support their article, it must be ensured that ethically the use of the cited work has been mentioned through the appropriate footnote mechanism. The author should not submit the same article in multiple journals, and the same article that has been published elsewhere should not be submitted in this journal, as such acts constitute unethical conduct.

The names listed in the article as the author are all the people who contributed to the writing of the article. The inclusion of the name of the author who does not contribute to the realization of the article to be published is unethical conduct.

Plagiarism Policy

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan editorial board recognises that plagiarism is not acceptable and therefore establishes the following policy stating specific actions (penalties) upon identification of plagiarism/similarities in articles submitted for publication in Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan. Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan will use Turnitin's originality checking software as the tool in detecting similarities of texts in article manuscripts and the final version of articles ready for publication. A maximum of 20% of similarities is allowed for the submitted papers. Should we find more than 20% of the similarity index, the article will be returned to the author for correction and resubmission.

Level of Plagiarism

Minor: A short section of another article is plagiarised without any significant data or idea taken from the other paper
Action: A warning is given to the authors and a request to change the text and properly cite the original article is made

Intermediate: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarised without proper citation to the original paper
Action: The submitted article is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for one year

Severe: A significant portion of a paper is plagiarised that involves reproducing original results or ideas presented in another publication
Action: The paper is rejected and the authors are forbidden to submit further articles for five years.

It is understood that all authors are responsible for the content of their submitted paper as they all read and understand khk's Copyright and Licensing Terms. If a penalty is imposed for plagiarism, all authors will be subject to the same penalty.

References Management

In writing Citation and Bibliography, Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan uses the Mendeley Reference Management Software.

Publication Fees

The Article Processing Charge (APC) for journal publication is IDR 600.000,-

ARTICIAL INTELLIGENCE POLICY

Policy on the Use of Generative AI and AI-assisted Technologies

CONFLICT OF INTEREST

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan  is dedicated to maintaining public trust in the integrity of peer-reviewed research. A conflict of interest, also known as a competing interest, arises when financial, personal, professional, or academic relationships could bias, or be perceived to bias, the objectivity of research, peer review, or editorial decisions. In accordance with Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) guidelines, Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan requires full transparency from all parties involved in the publication process, including authors, reviewers, and editors.

Author Obligations

All authors must disclose potential conflicts of interest that could influence the findings or interpretation of a manuscript.

• Financial Conflicts: Authors must declare all financial support, including research grants, funding agencies, corporate sponsorships, employment, consultancy, stock ownership, honoraria, patents, or paid expert testimony.
• Non-Financial Conflicts: Authors must declare personal, ideological, political, religious, or professional relationships with individuals or organizations that could create bias.
• Declaration Statement: Every manuscript must include a “Conflict of Interest Statement” before the reference section. If no conflict exists, the statement must read: “The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest related to this work.”
• Funding Acknowledgments: Authors must list all funding sources and briefly state the role of funders in the study design, data collection, analysis, or decision to submit the paper.

Reviewer Obligations

Peer reviewers must act with complete objectivity and declare any competing interests before agreeing to evaluate a manuscript. In a double-blind review process, reviewers may occasionally deduce author identities through writing style, self-citations, or unique datasets.

• If a reviewer recognizes an author and identifies a conflict of interest, such as a close collaboration, recent co-authorship, or institutional affiliation, they must immediately notify the editor and recuse themselves. Reviewers must decline an invitation if they are direct competitors in the same research area or have a financial interest in the outcome of the paper.
• If a reviewer identifies a potential conflict of interest during the review process, they must immediately notify the Editorial Office.

Editorial Board Obligations

Editors hold ultimate responsibility for ensuring a fair review process and must manage conflicts of interest rigorously.

• Recusal: Editors must recuse themselves from handling a manuscript when they have a conflict of interest involving the authors, institutions, or corporate sponsors. The manuscript will be reassigned to an unbiased member of the editorial board.
• Editorial Submissions: When an editor or editorial board member submits a manuscript to Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan, the process must be handled independently. The submitting editor will be prevented from accessing the tracking system for that manuscript, and peer review will be managed anonymously by an external editor to ensure fairness.

Resolution Mechanism for Undisclosed Conflicts

If an undisclosed conflict of interest is identified during peer review or after publication, Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan will follow the relevant COPE flowchart.

• During Review: The evaluation process will be paused, and the author will be asked to provide a formal explanation. Failure to disclose conflicts transparently may result in immediate manuscript rejection.
• Post-Publication: The editors will investigate the matter. If a significant undisclosed conflict is confirmed, the journal will publish a Correction to update the transparency record or, in cases of severe bias affecting the validity of the data, an Expression of Concern or Retraction.

POST-PUBLICATION DISCUSSION

Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is committed to maintaining the highest standards of scientific integrity and supporting open, transparent academic debate. We recognize that the scientific process continues after publication. Therefore, we provide a formal mechanism for readers to submit critiques, clarifications, corrections, or constructive discussions concerning published articles. This policy outlines the process for submitting post-publication critiques, authors’ right of reply, and potential corrective actions.

Submission Process

Readers who wish to comment on or critique a published article may submit a formal Letter to the Editor or Commentary under the following guidelines:

• Submission Channel: Submissions must be uploaded through the journal’s online submission system or sent directly to the editorial office at jurnal.machinery@polsri.ac.id.
• Scientific Merit: Submissions must clearly cite the target article’s title, authors, volume/issue, and DOI. Critiques must be evidence-based, methodologically sound, and focused strictly on scientific content.
• Tone and Decorum: Language must be professional, objective, and respectful. The Editorial Board reserves the right to reject submissions containing personal attacks, defamatory statements, or offensive language.

Author’s Right of Reply

To ensure fairness, when a reader’s critique passes the initial editorial screening:

• The editors will forward the critique to the original authors.
• The original authors will be invited to submit a formal Author’s Response, typically within 14–30 days.
• Authors are expected to address the specific points raised by providing scientific arguments and data.

Editorial Evaluation and Publication

The editors will evaluate both documents, the Reader’s Critique and the Author’s Response. Where necessary, the editors may consult independent peer reviewers to assess the content of the debate. If approved, the critique and response will be published simultaneously in an upcoming journal issue and digitally linked to the original article.

Corrections, Expressions of Concern, and Retractions

If a post-publication discussion identifies significant errors or ethical issues in the original paper, the journal will act in accordance with COPE guidelines.

• Correction (Erratum/Corrigendum): Issued when honest, minor errors are identified, such as mislabeled graphs or typographical errors in data, that do not alter the paper’s core conclusions.
• Expression of Concern: Published when there is a strong, unresolved suspicion of scientific misconduct or data manipulation while a formal investigation is ongoing.
• Retraction: Issued when findings are proven fundamentally unreliable because of severe errors, plagiarism, data fabrication, or duplicate publication.

Informal and External Discussions

While we recognize the value of independent discussion platforms and social media, Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan is not obligated to respond to critiques raised outside its official channels. We strongly encourage researchers to use the formal submission process so that concerns can be thoroughly investigated.

CORRECTION AND RETRACTION

Article correction

A Corrigendum will be published where it is required to correct an error or omission, but the results and conclusions of the article are not impacted by the error.

The Corrigendum should be drafted by the authors but will be subject to the review and approval of the Journal Editor or appropriate member of the Editorial Team. All authors must agree to publication. The Corrigendum will be linked to the article that it corrects.

On rare occasions the Publisher may need to correct an error made during the publication of an article. Where this is the case, the journal will issue an Erratum to correct the error. The Erratum will be linked to the article that it corrects.

A correction to the author or contributor list may be posted if the Editor determines that a change is justified when presented with documentation that supports the request.

Article retraction

The retraction of an article by its authors or the journal Editor under the advice of members of the scholarly community has long been an occasional feature of the learned world. Articles and Articles-in-Press may be retracted to correct errors that are too extensive in the view of the editors to publish a correction, or due to infringements of Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan journal policies, such as multiple submission, bogus claims of authorship, plagiarism, fraudulent use of data or the like.

Journal editors or designated representative(s) (such as members of a journal’s Ethics Committee), in consultation with Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan Research Integrity & Publishing Ethics Center of Expertise, will consider retracting an article or Article-in-Press where:

• They have clear evidence that the findings are unreliable, either as a result of major error (e.g., miscalculation or experimental error), or as a result of fabrication (e.g., of data) or falsification (e.g., image manipulation).

• It constitutes plagiarism, which includes substantial overlap in the view of the Editor.

• The findings have previously been published elsewhere and the authors have failed to provide proper attribution to previous sources or disclosure to the editor, permission to republish, or justification (i.e. redundant publication).

• It contains material or data that the authors were not authorised to publish.

• Copyright has been infringed or there is some other serious legal issue (e.g., libel, breach of privacy).

• It reports unethical research and/or breaches Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan publishing ethics policies regarding the conduct of research involving human participants and/or animals.

• There is evidence of compromised peer-review or systematic manipulation of the editorial process.

• There is evidence or material concerns of authorship being sold.

• There is evidence of identity theft or fictitious authorship.

• The authorship of the publication cannot be verified.

• There is evidence of citation manipulation, for example adding irrelevant citations to their paper.

• The author(s) failed to disclose a major competing interest (a conflict of interest) that, in the view of the editor, would have materially affected interpretations of the work or recommendations by editors and/or peer reviewers.

• The article is a review or meta-analysis where the results and conclusions rely on articles that have since been retracted.

• There is evidence of any other breach of the journal's publishing policies, including without limitation Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan policies on the use of generative AI and AI-assisted technologies, and the editor has therefore lost confidence in the results and conclusions of the article.

Standards for retracting articles have been developed by a number of library and scholarly bodies, and the following best practice is used by Jurnal Kepastian Hukum dan Keadilan

• A retraction notice titled “Retraction: [article title]” signed by the editor and, if appropriate, by the authors is published in a subsequent issue of the journal, is paginated and is listed in the table of contents.

• In the electronic version, a link is made between the retraction notice and the original article.

• The online article is preceded by a screen containing the retraction note. It is to this screen that the link resolves; the reader can then proceed to the article itself.

• The original article is retained unchanged except for a watermark on the .pdf indicating on each page that it is “retracted.”

• The HTML version of the article is removed.

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