About the Journal

Focus and Scope

Veritas et Justitia is a law journal, managed and published under the auspices of the Faculty of Law, Universitas Katolik Parahyangan/Parahyangan Catholic University (UNPAR).

Veritas et Justitia is a media outlet that publishes articles on current national and international legal issues, as well as legal research, written by legal scholars and practitioners. Veritas et Justitia is a member of Asosiasi Pengelola Jurnal Hukum Indonesia/Indonesian Law Journal Association (APJHI).

Veritas et Justitia is periodically published twice a year, every June and December. Articles accepted and compiled within each issue will be published online and can be accessed in full for free on the Journal’s website. Authors and readers may request a hard copy of the journal by covering the printing cost. Articles published reflect solely the opinions and arguments of their respective authors and are not representative of the views or beliefs of the Editorial Board or the Faculty of Law, UNPAR.

Manuscripts submitted and to be published covers the broad spectrum of law, i.e. Civil Law, Administrative Law, Indonesian Law, Business Law, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, International Law, Islamic Law, Legal Philosophy, Customary Law, Economic Law, and Human Rights and Law.

All submitted articles must be original with sources used properly cited, may be written either in Bahasa Indonesia or English, unpublished elsewhere, and not under consideration for any other publication. Veritas et Justitia screens for plagiarism using Turnitin, and the similarity index must be below 30%.

Authors submit their draft articles to the editorial board at no cost. No fees are required for the review process or for publication, unless authors fail to submit their revisions after the review.

Since December 2017, articles submitted shall be reviewed by two reviewers. Editor also added information about author’s affiliation. All process regarding online journal system shall be reviewed and improved from time to time.

Since June 2016, Veritas et Justitia is a proud member of CROSSREF. Veritas et Justitia DOI prefix is 10.25123. Therefore, all articles published by Veritas et Justitia will have unique DOI number.

Veritas et Justitia has been accredited SINTA 2 by DIKTI under the Decree Number 177/E/KPT/2024, effective until 2027.

Editorial and Peer Review Process

Veritas et Justitia accepts manuscript submissions throughout the year. The standard processing period ranges from three to six months, subject to the diversity and scholarly depth of the submissions received. Information regarding publication slots is not disclosed.

Every draft articles submitted to the editorial board shall be undergo a blind/double blind peer review process.

After receiving the draft article, editorial board shall hide the author’s name and remove it from the article. The editorial board shall then appoint one member to check the articles compliance to the formal guidelines established.  The next step is for the editorial board to appoint peer reviewers, on the basis of the reviewers’ expertise.

All the above process including the review process shall be performed utilizing the OJS (online journal system) in which both author and reviewer has to register themselves via the Journal’s web page.

Publication Frequency

Veritas et Justitia is published twice a year, in June and December. Each publication shall comprise of 10 articles.

Open Access Policy

This journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Journal History

Veritas et Justitia published 2 (two) times in 1 (one) year, every June and December. Veritas et Justitia was first published in June 2015. The journal was initiated by Dean in 2015, who considered the importance of scientific legal science publication media to accommodate and network existing writers among law faculties, not only within the scope of Bandung but also nationally.