About the Journal

Indonesian Journal of Linguistics and Legal Discourse focuses on publishing scholarly works that examine language and discourse as fundamental elements in legal systems, institutions, and practices within social, cultural, and institutional contexts. The journal particularly prioritizes original research and critical studies that address contemporary legal phenomena using rigorous linguistic, discourse-analytic, and interdisciplinary frameworks supported by empirically grounded or theoretically informed methodologies.

The scope of Indonesian Journal of Linguistics and Legal Discourse includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

1. Language and Discourse in Legal Contexts

• Legal discourse analysis
• Courtroom interaction and judicial discourse
• Legislative and statutory language
• Institutional and organizational legal discourse
• Public and political legal discourse

2. Forensic Linguistics and Language Evidence

• Authorship analysis and speaker identification
• Language evidence in legal investigations
• Linguistic profiling and forensic text analysis
• Language, law enforcement, and justice

3. Pragmatics, Semantics, and Legal Interpretation

• Legal pragmatics and speech acts
• Meaning, ambiguity, and interpretation in law
• Argumentation and reasoning in legal texts
• Discourse and ideology in legal decision-making

4. Language, Law, and Society

• Language, power, and inequality in legal contexts
• Sociolinguistic dimensions of legal interaction
• Multilingualism and access to justice
• Language rights and legal policy

5. Legal Translation and Interpreting

• Legal translation as cross-lingual legal communication
• Court and institutional interpreting
• Discourse and pragmatics in legal translation
• Comparative and cross-jurisdictional legal language

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