Announcements

The International Journal of Constitutional and Administrative Law (IJCAL) announces that its upcoming September issue will particularly highlight scholarship on constitutional and administrative developments in emerging and transitional democracies. Consistent with the journal’s mission, this issue will continue to serve as a forum for rigorous and original research in constitutional law and administrative law, with particular attention to comparative public-law developments in the Global South.

For this September issue, IJCAL especially welcomes manuscripts addressing themes such as constitutional change, constitutional identity, and constitutional adjudication; democracy, constitutional rights, and limitations on state power; administrative law, administrative justice, and bureaucratic accountability; institutional design, public governance, and legal reform in emerging and transitional democracies; as well as comparative constitutional and administrative law in the Global South, including Bandung-inspired constitutional values.

This thematic emphasis reflects the journal’s commitment to advancing critical and comparative legal scholarship on how constitutional and administrative institutions shape governance, accountability, democratic legitimacy, and the protection of rights. In particular, IJCAL encourages contributions that examine the continuing normative relevance of sovereignty, equality, anti-colonialism, solidarity, social justice, and public responsibility in contemporary constitutional and administrative debates.

IJCAL is published biannually in March and September. Manuscripts intended for consideration in the September issue should be submitted no later than 31 May. All submissions undergo an initial editorial assessment, including scope evaluation and similarity screening, before being assigned to at least two independent reviewers under a double-blind peer review process. Based on the reviewers’ reports, editorial decisions may include acceptance, minor revision, major revision, or rejection. Authors required to revise their manuscripts are expected to address the reviewers’ comments and resubmit their revised manuscript, which may be subject to further evaluation. The final decision is made by the Editor-in-Chief upon completion of the review process. Accepted manuscripts will be scheduled for publication in the September issue in accordance with the journal’s editorial and production process.

Through this editorial announcement, IJCAL reaffirms its role as an academic platform for innovative, analytical, and comparative scholarship in constitutional and administrative law, particularly in relation to legal reform, democratic governance, and institutional transformation in the Global South