About the Journal

Syakhsiyyah: Journal of Law and Family Studies is a journal that undergoes a double-blind peer-review process and is published by the Department of Islamic Family Law, Faculty of Sharia, UIN Kiai Ageng Muhammad Besari Ponorogo. This journal is published twice a year, in June and December. The articles published in this journal are scholarly works in the form of conceptual studies and empirical research in the field of Islamic family law that have not been previously published.

The journal’s primary focus is Islamic family law and personal status law in contemporary Muslim societies. This journal aims to advance critical, comparative, and interdisciplinary studies on family regulations, gender relations, and personal status within the Islamic legal tradition as well as modern legal systems. The journal specifically welcomes articles that examine Islamic family law from socio-legal, comparative, historical, and empirical perspectives, covering both majority and minority Muslim contexts.

Topics covered include: Islamic family law and personal status law; marriage, divorce, child custody, and inheritance in Islamic law; gender justice, women’s rights, and Islamic legal reform; Islamic family law and human rights; court practices and judicial reasoning in Islamic family law; Comparative family law among Muslim and non-Muslim legal systems; Islamic law, migration, and Muslim diaspora families; the digitization of family law, online courts, and legal technology; and Ushul Fiqh and contemporary family issues.