Focus and Scope

Focus and Scope

RES PUBLICA: International Review of Public Law and Political Studies focuses on contemporary developments, challenges, and scholarly debates in public law and political studies. The journal provides a forum for rigorous legal, political, interdisciplinary, comparative, and policy-oriented research examining the relationship between law, political institutions, government, governance, and society.

The journal welcomes original research articles, conceptual and theoretical studies, comparative analyses, and critical reviews addressing issues within public law and political studies. Contributions may employ doctrinal, normative, empirical, socio-legal, comparative, historical, or interdisciplinary approaches, provided that they demonstrate clear academic relevance and contribute to the advancement of knowledge.

The scope of RES PUBLICA includes, but is not limited to:

  1. Constitutional and Public Law, including constitutional development, constitutional interpretation, state institutions, separation of powers, constitutional rights, and constitutional reform;

  2. Administrative and Government Law, including public administration, administrative justice, government authority, public services, regulatory governance, and administrative reform;

  3. Human Rights and Public Affairs, including the protection of fundamental rights, civil and political rights, social rights, vulnerable groups, and human rights governance;

  4. Public International Law, including international legal relations, international institutions, state responsibility, international cooperation, and contemporary global legal issues;

  5. Public Policy and Regulation, including policy formulation, regulatory frameworks, policy implementation, regulatory impact, and the relationship between law and public policy;

  6. Governance and Public Administration, including good governance, accountability, transparency, institutional effectiveness, public sector reform, and collaborative governance;

  7. Democracy and Political Institutions, including democratic development, political institutions, political participation, representation, political parties, and institutional reform;

  8. Elections and Electoral Governance, including electoral law, electoral institutions, election administration, political representation, electoral integrity, and voter participation;

  9. Decentralization and Local Government, including regional autonomy, local governance, intergovernmental relations, and the legal and political dimensions of decentralization;

  10. Law, Politics, and Society, including the interaction between legal systems, political processes, social change, and public institutions;

  11. Comparative Public Law and Politics, including comparative constitutional systems, governance models, political institutions, legal reforms, and cross-national studies;

  12. Judicial and Constitutional Politics, including judicial institutions, constitutional adjudication, judicial independence, courts and politics, and the role of law in political processes;

  13. Anti-Corruption, Integrity, and Public Accountability, including corruption prevention, institutional integrity, transparency, accountability mechanisms, and public sector ethics;

  14. Environmental and Natural Resources Governance, including environmental regulation, natural resource governance, climate-related policies, sustainability, and environmental justice; and

  15. Emerging Issues in Public Law and Political Studies, including digital governance, technology and regulation, artificial intelligence and public affairs, cybersecurity governance, political communication, and other emerging national, regional, and international issues.

RES PUBLICA particularly encourages manuscripts that offer original arguments, robust evidence, methodological rigor, comparative perspectives, or significant implications for legal development, institutional reform, public policy, governance, and democratic development.

The journal welcomes scholarly contributions from researchers, academics, legal scholars, political scientists, practitioners, policymakers, and other scholars from Indonesia and the international academic community.