LEXARA: Journal of Law and Legal Studies is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of legal scholarship. It provides a publication platform for authors examining the substance, operation, interpretation, reform, and enforcement of law within national, international, and comparative settings.

LEXARA is a coined academic name developed to represent the journal’s identity within the field of Legal Science. The element “LEX” derives from the Latin word lex, meaning law or statute, a term widely associated with legal rules, normative order, and the institutional framework of law. The element “ARA” functions as an identity-forming component that conceptually represents an academic arena or intellectual space for the development, exchange, and advancement of legal knowledge.

Accordingly, LEXARA may be understood as an academic space dedicated to the study, interpretation, application, development, and reform of law. The name reflects the character of LEXARA: Journal of Law and Legal Studies as a scholarly journal specifically oriented toward research and academic discourse within Legal Science, including national law, international law, and comparative legal studies.

The name also signifies that law remains the journal’s principal object of inquiry. Perspectives from other disciplines may be incorporated where relevant, provided that they contribute directly to the analysis of legal norms, legal doctrines, legislation, judicial decisions, legal institutions, legal policy, or the operation of law in society. In this respect, the philosophical foundation of the name LEXARA emphasizes legal scholarship as the journal’s central disciplinary identity.

The journal publishes original research articles, review articles, conceptual studies, comparative legal analyses, case studies, legislative reviews, and legal policy papers. Contributions may employ normative, doctrinal, comparative, empirical, socio-legal, historical, philosophical, or interdisciplinary approaches, provided that the legal dimension remains central to the discussion.

LEXARA covers a broad range of legal fields. These include public law, private law, criminal justice, business and economic law, international law, human rights, Islamic law, environmental regulation, technological development, and other contemporary areas of legal inquiry.

The journal accepts manuscripts written in English or Bahasa Indonesia. Each submission undergoes an initial editorial assessment followed by double-blind peer review. LEXARA is published quarterly by with issues released in January, April, July, and October.