Focus and Scope

Scope and Topics

GJIPL welcomes original empirical research articles, doctrinal legal studies, pedagogical evaluations, and systematic literature reviews across Islamic education and legal studies. Key thematic areas include, but are not limited to:

• Islamic Pedagogy & Curriculum Design: Innovative instructional strategies in Islamic education, character education (tarbiyah and ta'dib), Islamic educational philosophy, madrasa and pesantren curriculum development, and digitalization of Islamic learning.

• Islamic Jurisprudence & Legal Theory: Contemporary usul al-fiqh, modern ijtihad, maqasid al-shari'ah in legal and social policy, and the contextualization of Islamic law in pluralistic societies.

• Islamic Legal Education & Clinical Training: Methods of teaching Islamic law, moot court pedagogy in sharia faculties, legal ethics, and professional development for Islamic jurists and practitioners.

• Comparative Law, Human Rights & Public Policy: Comparative analyses between Islamic law and civil/common law traditions, human rights within Islamic jurisprudence, family law reform, and constitutionalism in Muslim-majority jurisdictions.

• Socio-Legal Studies & Institutional Governance: Law and society in Muslim communities, customary law ('urf) dynamics, Islamic dispute resolution (arbitration and sulh), and institutional leadership in Islamic educational and legal organizations.