As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.
The submission has not been previously published, nor is it before another journal for consideration (or an explanation has been provided in Comments to the Editor).
The submission file is in OpenOffice, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format.
Where available, URLs for the references have been provided.
The text is single-spaced; uses a 12-point font; employs italics, rather than underlining (except with URL addresses); and all illustrations, figures, and tables are placed within the text at the appropriate points, rather than at the end.
The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines, which is found in About the Journal.
If submitting to a peer-reviewed section of the journal, the instructions in Ensuring a Blind Review have been followed.
Author Guidelines
Author Guidelines
Papers submitted for publication must conform to the following guidelines:
Papers should discuss the themes of Islamic Family Law, Islam and gender discourse, and legal drafting of Islamic civil law.
Papers are written either in Indonesian, English or Arabic;
Papers must be typed in one-half spaced on A4-paper size;
Papers length is about 6,000-10,000 words;
All submission must include a 150-200 word abstract written in a paragraph, one spaced, and two languages: Indonesian and English;
Full name(s) of the author(s) must be stated, along with his/her/their institution and complete address;
All submission should be in Open Office, Microsoft Word, RTF, or WordPerfect document file format;
Arabic words should be transliterated according to the Al-Ahwal Al-Syakhsiyyah: Jurnal Hukum Keluarga dan Peradilan Islam style;
Qur'an verses and hadith texts must be noted by syakal and must be translated to Indonesian;
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.
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