About the Journal

TATOHI: Jurnal Ilmu Hukum is a peer-reviewed, open-access scholarly journal published by the Faculty of Law, Universitas Pattimura, Indonesia. The journal is dedicated to advancing legal scholarship across diverse fields of law, with particular emphasis on the interpretation, application, development, and reform of legal norms, institutions, and practices in Indonesia and other jurisdictions.

TATOHI welcomes legal research addressing national, regional, and international legal issues. The journal considers research examining legal systems within a single jurisdiction, comparing legal rules and institutions across jurisdictions, or addressing broader theoretical and conceptual questions concerning the development of law. It encourages scholarship that critically examines the relationship between law, society, governance, human rights, and contemporary legal challenges.

TATOHI provides a scholarly forum for research examining how law evolves in response to legal reform, institutional development, technological innovation, economic transformation, and societal change. The journal welcomes studies addressing established legal principles as well as emerging issues affecting legislation, judicial practice, law enforcement, public administration, legal protection, and access to justice.

The journal welcomes normative, doctrinal, empirical, comparative, socio-legal, historical, theoretical, and interdisciplinary research. Comparative analysis is encouraged where appropriate but is not a prerequisite for publication. TATOHI values original scholarship that demonstrates sound legal reasoning, appropriate research methodology, meaningful theoretical contributions, rigorous empirical findings where applicable, or practical insights into the interpretation and development of law.

The journal's areas of interest include, but are not limited to, Civil and Business Law, Criminal Law and Criminal Justice, Constitutional Law, Administrative Law, International Law, Customary Law, Agrarian Law, Environmental and Natural Resources Law, Human Rights and Legal Protection, Labour Law, Legal Theory and Jurisprudence, and Contemporary Legal Issues. These contemporary issues may include digital law, cybercrime, data protection, artificial intelligence and law, electronic transactions, maritime governance, environmental justice, and other developments affecting legal systems and institutions.

TATOHI welcomes contributions from scholars, researchers, legal practitioners, judges, policymakers, and students whose work makes a substantive contribution to legal knowledge and practice. The journal seeks to facilitate meaningful scholarly dialogue across legal disciplines and jurisdictions and to encourage research that contributes to legal development, institutional accountability, the protection of rights, and the improvement of legal systems.

Through rigorous peer review and established editorial standards, TATOHI seeks to promote academic excellence, editorial integrity, scholarly exchange, and the advancement of legal research. The journal aims to contribute to legal theory, judicial practice, legislative development, law reform, and the understanding of contemporary legal challenges.

Why Publish in TATOHI?

TATOHI provides a multidisciplinary scholarly forum for researchers and practitioners working across diverse areas of law. Through open-access publication and established scholarly publishing practices, the journal seeks to make legal research accessible to readers across academic communities, professional institutions, and jurisdictions.

  • Broad Legal Scope — TATOHI welcomes original research across multiple legal disciplines, including civil law, criminal law, constitutional and administrative law, international law, customary law, environmental law, human rights, and contemporary legal issues.
  • Open Access — Published articles are freely accessible to readers, subject to the journal's applicable licensing and copyright policies.
  • DOI for Published Articles — Articles are assigned persistent Digital Object Identifiers (DOIs), supporting reliable citation and long-term identification.
  • Scholarly Discoverability — Articles are published with scholarly metadata to support discovery, indexing, citation, and access through relevant academic information systems.
  • Rigorous Peer Review — Manuscripts undergo editorial assessment and peer review in accordance with the journal's established policies and procedures.
  • Contemporary Legal Research — TATOHI welcomes scholarship addressing emerging legal challenges arising from technological, economic, institutional, environmental, and societal developments.
  • Interdisciplinary and Comparative Perspectives — The journal encourages research that brings together different legal approaches and perspectives to deepen understanding of legal problems.

Contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

TATOHI recognizes the relevance of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to legal research and the development of effective, equitable, and accountable legal systems. In line with its multidisciplinary legal scope, research published in TATOHI may contribute to one or more SDGs, particularly those concerning quality education, gender equality, decent work and economic growth, reduced inequalities, climate action, life below water, peace and justice, and international partnerships.

  • SDG 4 — Quality Education: Relevant to research on legal education, access to legal knowledge, academic development, and the role of education in strengthening legal awareness and institutions.
  • SDG 5 — Gender Equality: Relevant to research addressing gender justice, non-discrimination, equal protection, and the legal rights of women and girls.
  • SDG 8 — Decent Work and Economic Growth: Relevant to research on labour law, employment protection, business regulation, commercial activities, and the legal frameworks governing economic development.
  • SDG 10 — Reduced Inequalities: Relevant to research on human rights, equality before the law, access to justice, legal protection, and the rights of vulnerable or marginalized groups.
  • SDG 13 — Climate Action: Relevant to research on climate governance, environmental regulation, climate-related legal responsibilities, and legal responses to environmental challenges.
  • SDG 14 — Life Below Water: Relevant to research on marine and coastal governance, maritime law, marine resource management, and the legal protection of marine ecosystems.
  • SDG 16 — Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions: Particularly relevant to research on the rule of law, criminal justice, judicial institutions, public accountability, human rights, access to justice, and legal reform.
  • SDG 17 — Partnerships for the Goals: Relevant to comparative, interdisciplinary, cross-jurisdictional, and international research that strengthens scholarly collaboration and knowledge exchange.

These SDGs indicate areas of potential relevance arising from the journal's scope. Their inclusion does not mean that every article published by TATOHI must explicitly address a Sustainable Development Goal.

For detailed information about the journal's research scope, editorial team, peer-review procedures, author guidelines, and publication charges, please consult the relevant sections of the journal website: