Author Guidelines

Papers submitted for publication must conform to the following guidelines:

  1. Papers should discuss the themes of Islamic Family Law, Islam and gender discourse, and legal drafting of Islamic civil law.
  2. Papers are written either in Indonesian, English or Arabic;
  3. Papers must be typed in one-half spaced on A4-paper size;
  4. Papers length is about 6,000-10,000 words;
  5. All submission must include a 150-200 word abstract written in a paragraph, one spaced, and two languages: Indonesian and English;
  6. Full name(s) of the author(s) must be stated, along with his/her/their institution and complete address;
  7. All submission should be in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format;
  8. Arabic words should be transliterated according to the Al-Ahwal Al-Syakhsiyyah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Peradilan Islam style;
  9. Qur'an verses and hadith texts must be noted by syakal and must be translated to Indonesian;
  10. Bibliographical reference must be noted in footnote and bibliography according to the Al-Ahwal Al-Syakhsiyyah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Peradilan Islam style;

Footnote

The applied footnote system in Al-Ahwal Al-Syakhsiyyah is the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (Full note) and uses reference management tools Mendeley/Zotero/Endnote).

Bibliography

Bibliography in Al-Ahwal Al-Syakhsiyyah is arranged alphabetically based on the cited author's last name. The format for writing a bibliography follows the Chicago Manual of Style 17th edition (Full note).

Please consider the following creteria:

  • The title of the article submittd to Al-Ahwal should reflect a specific focus of study;
  • The article submitted should be based on library or fieldwork research;
  • The article should present bibliography which entails primary sources books, manuscripts, interviews, or observation and updated secondary sources from books or peer reviewed journals;
  • The article should contain an argument/thesis/finding which contribute to scholarly discussion in a field of study which should clearly be mentioned and systematically presented in abstract, content, and conclusion;
  • The style and format, including the structure of article, footnotes, bibliography, should follow those of Al-Ahwal.