IJCAL publishes critical, comparative, and interdisciplinary scholarship on constitutional and administrative law, with particular attention to public-law developments in the Global South. The journal draws on the normative legacy of the Bandung Principles (sovereignty, equality, anti-colonialism, solidarity, social justice, and public responsibility) as a continuing source of constitutional values.

Scope

We welcome original research articles, conceptual papers, and comparative studies on, among others:

• 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;
• comparative constitutional and administrative law in the Global South.

Important Dates

• Submission deadline: 31 December 2026
• Review and editorial decisions: January–February 2027
• Publication: March 2027

Manuscripts received after the deadline will be considered for Vol. 3 No. 2 (September 2027).

Manuscript Requirements

• Written in English, 4,000–8,000 words (including footnotes and abstract).
• Abstract of no more than 300 words, followed by three to five keywords in alphabetical order.
• Structure: Title, Abstract, Keywords, Introduction, Method (for original research articles), Analysis, Conclusion, and References.
• References and footnotes follow the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (full note).
• Prepared using the IJCAL template available on the Author Guidelines page.
• Original and unpublished, and not under consideration by another journal.

Why Publish with IJCAL

• Double-blind peer review by at least two independent reviewers (initial screening within 1–2 weeks; peer review generally 4–8 weeks).
• No submission, processing, or publication fees.
• Immediate open access under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
• A DOI for every published article (e-ISSN 3124-0585).
• An international editorial board drawn from Asia, Africa, Europe, Oceania, and North America.

How to Submit

Manuscripts are submitted online through the journal website: register or log in, then select Make a Submission. Please read the Author Guidelines and the Peer Review Process before submitting.

Enquiries may be addressed to the editorial office at ijcal.glrc@gmail.com.

We look forward to receiving your contributions.

Editorial Office
International Journal of Constitutional and Administrative Law
Gorontalo Legal Research and Consulting