About the Journal

Journal Title: SASI
ISSN Online: 2614-2961
ISSN Print: 1693-0061
DOI: 10.47268/sasi by Crossref
Frequency: 4 issues per year (March, June, September, December)
Editor in Chief: Muchtar Anshary Hamid Labetubun
Associate Editor: La Ode Angga
Publisher: Faculty of Law, Universitas Pattimura
Indexing: DOAJ | SINTA 2 | another indexing
Citation Analysis: SCOPUS | Dimensions
Deposit Policy: Open Policy Finder (SHERPA/RoMEO)

Journal Description

SASI is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Faculty of Law, Universitas Pattimura, Indonesia. The journal is dedicated to advancing scholarly research on Customary Law and the diverse customary legal traditions, institutions, and normative systems that operate across societies and jurisdictions worldwide.

SASI provides a specialized scholarly forum for rigorous research on the formation, development, application, recognition, transformation, and contemporary relevance of Customary Law. The journal examines how customary legal norms and institutions regulate social relations, governance, justice, dispute resolution, community affairs, land and natural resources, cultural life, and other dimensions of society, as well as how Customary Law interacts with state law, religious law, international law, human rights frameworks, and other normative orders.

The journal welcomes research on Customary Law in any geographical region, country, jurisdiction, or legal tradition. SASI does not limit its geographical scope to Indonesia or any particular region. Research may examine a specific customary legal system, compare customary legal traditions across jurisdictions, or explore broader theoretical and conceptual questions concerning the nature, operation, recognition, development, and transformation of Customary Law.

SASI welcomes doctrinal, empirical, comparative, socio-legal, anthropological, historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary research. The journal particularly values original scholarship that offers substantive theoretical contributions, rigorous empirical findings, sound legal analysis, meaningful comparative insights where appropriate, critical examination of legal developments, or interdisciplinary perspectives that advance knowledge and understanding of Customary Law.

The journal's areas of interest include, but are not limited to, Customary Legal Systems, Customary Norms, Customary Institutions, Customary Governance, Customary Justice, Customary Dispute Resolution, Living Law, Legal Pluralism, Indigenous Legal Systems, Indigenous Peoples' Rights, Traditional and Indigenous Knowledge, Customary Land and Resource Rights, Environmental Governance, and the interaction between Customary Law and state, religious, and international legal orders.

SASI seeks to bring diverse legal traditions, jurisdictions, and scholarly perspectives into dialogue through high-quality research on Customary Law. The journal welcomes original contributions from researchers and scholars worldwide and aims to contribute to the development of a broader body of knowledge on Customary Law across legal, social, cultural, and institutional contexts.

Explore the journal's Focus & Scope to learn more about its editorial direction, subject areas, and manuscript scope.

Global Contributions Welcome

SASI welcomes original research from scholars worldwide and from all geographical regions and legal jurisdictions. The journal particularly encourages submissions that examine Customary Law within specific jurisdictions, compare customary legal traditions across different societies, or develop broader theoretical, empirical, socio-legal, anthropological, historical, or interdisciplinary perspectives on Customary Law.

Research does not need to focus on Indonesia or any particular geographical region. SASI welcomes scholarship on Customary Law wherever the research makes a substantive and original contribution to the field and is relevant to its international scholarly readership.

SASI has been nationally accredited by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, Number 295/C/C3/KPT/2026 (Grade 2 / SINTA 2), Valid from Vol. 31 No. 1, 2025 until Vol. 35 No. 2, 2029

Before submission,
You have to make sure that your paper is prepared using the SASI paper TEMPLATE, has been carefully proofread and polished, and conforms to the author guidelines.

Online Submissions
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Editorial Speed Metrics

Days

Submission to First Decision ?

102

Days

Submission to Acceptance ?

Days

Acceptance to Publication ?

74.5

Acceptance Rate ?

About Editorial Speed Metrics

Editorial Speed Metrics are calculated automatically from the journal's editorial workflow. Processing times are reported as median values rather than averages because the median provides a more representative measure of the typical editorial timeline by reducing the influence of unusually short or long processing times.

Acceptance Rate is calculated only from manuscripts that have received a final editorial decision (Accepted or Declined). Manuscripts still under review, revision, copyediting, or production are excluded from the calculation.

All metrics are calculated exclusively from peer-reviewed research articles and are updated automatically as editorial records change.

About Editorial Performance Metrics

Announcements

Mandatory ORCID iD Authentication for Corresponding Authors Before Manuscript Submission

2026-06-21

To improve author identification, metadata quality, and international visibility of published research, all Corresponding Authors are required to connect and authenticate their ORCID iD through their OJS profile before submitting a manuscript. Manuscript submissions cannot be completed without a verified ORCID iD.