Lex Sharia: Journal of Sharia and Islamic Law

About the Journal

Lex Sharia: Journal of Sharia and Islamic Law is a high-quality, peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by the International Consortium of Islamic Researchers (ICONIRs) CV. Branded Tech Indonesia. Lex Sharia: Journal of Sharia and Islamic Law is an international peer-reviewed journal that serves as a Indonesian platform for advancing scholarly research on Sharia, Islamic law, and their intersections with contemporary legal, social, and political issues. The journal encourages original, high-quality studies that critically engage classical and contemporary dimensions of Islamic legal traditions, with particular attention to gender, human rights, and socio-legal approaches.

Lex Sharia aims to:

The journal welcomes analytical and empirical research articles, critical reviews, and conceptual papers addressing, though not limited to, the following areas:

• The development, doctrines, and application of Islamic family law and gender justice.
• Classical and contemporary discourses in Islamic jurisprudence (Uṣūl al-Fiqh) and legal theory.
• Human rights and Islamic criminal law in modern contexts.
• The interaction between Islamic law, state governance, and constitutional frameworks.
• Socio-legal studies of Islamic legal institutions, courts, and fatwa bodies.
• Textual studies and hermeneutics of classical Islamic legal texts.
• The role of Islamic law in economic systems, business ethics, and finance.
• Comparative and cross-cultural studies of Islamic law and legal pluralism.
• Islamic law, technology, and the challenges of the digital age.
• Gender, human rights, and reformist movements in Islamic legal thought.

Lex Sharia prioritizes novel contributions, critical perspectives, and empirically grounded or theoretically sophisticated analyses. The journal invites submissions from scholars worldwide and operates under an open-access policy to ensure the broad dissemination and accessibility of research findings.