About the Journal

SASI is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Law, Universitas Pattimura, Indonesia. The journal is dedicated to advancing scholarship on Customary Law, with particular emphasis on Indigenous Legal Systems, Legal Pluralism, Living Law, and Local Wisdom as dynamic components of contemporary legal systems.

Drawing upon Indonesia's rich customary law traditions and exceptional legal diversity, SASI serves as an international forum for examining the interaction between customary law, state law, religious law, international law, and other normative orders within legally plural societies. The journal recognizes customary law not merely as a cultural heritage, but as a living legal tradition that continues to shape justice, governance, environmental stewardship, public policy, and legal development across diverse communities.

SASI publishes original research that critically examines the theory, practice, and contemporary transformation of customary law and indigenous legal systems. The journal encourages doctrinal, empirical, comparative, socio-legal, anthropological, and interdisciplinary scholarship that contributes to international debates on indigenous peoples' rights, legal pluralism, environmental governance, natural resource management, dispute resolution, sustainable development, community resilience, and other issues affecting culturally diverse societies.

The journal welcomes contributions from scholars, researchers, legal practitioners, judges, policy-makers, and professionals worldwide. Particular emphasis is given to research that bridges local legal experiences with broader comparative perspectives, advances legal theory, informs judicial and legislative development, supports evidence-based law reform, and contributes meaningfully to international legal scholarship.

Committed to academic excellence, editorial integrity, ethical publishing, and rigorous peer review, SASI promotes meaningful scholarly dialogue across jurisdictions and legal traditions. Through the publication of high-quality research, the journal seeks to strengthen comparative legal scholarship and advance the understanding of Customary Law, Indigenous Legal Systems, Legal Pluralism, Living Law, and Local Wisdom as essential foundations of contemporary and culturally responsive legal systems.