Author Guidelines

Format	Manuscripts must be submitted in Microsoft® Word. Articles must be written using Noto Sans or Times New Roman font, size 11, 1.15 spacing, on A4 paper with 3 cm margins. Manuscripts must follow the official Vox Populi Law Review article template.
Article length/word count	Articles should be approximately 6,000–12,000 words, including abstract, references, tables, and bibliography.
Article title	The title should be concise, clear, and reflect the core argument of the article.
Author details	The names of all contributing authors should be added to the OJS (Open Journal Systems) submission; please list them in the order in which you would like them to be published. Each contributing author will need their own OJS author account, from which we will extract the following details: Author email address (institutional preferred). Author name. We will reproduce it exactly, so any middle names and initials they want to be featured must be included. Author affiliation. This should be where they were based when the research for the paper was conducted. In multi-authored papers, ALL authors that have made a significant contribution to the paper must be listed. Those who have provided support but have not contributed to the research should be featured in an acknowledgments section. You should never include people who have not contributed to the paper or do not want to be associated with the research.
Research funding	The funding agency should be written out in full and include the grant number, which can be included in brackets. The funding agency needs to be listing in the "Organization Name." If there only one funding agency: This research was supported by the Organization Name [grant number xxxxxx]. If there are multiple agencies or grant numbers, then it should be formatted as such: This research was supported by the Organization Name [grant number xxxxxx]; the Organization Name [grant number xxxxxx]; and the Organization Name [grant number xxxxxx]. If there is no funding information, they should state: This research received no specific grant from any funding agency in the public, commercial, or not-for-profit sectors. If an organization providing support that was not monetary (maybe they provided facilities, survey samples, etc.), please mention that that organization supported the research.
Abstract	All submissions must include an abstract in English and Indonesian, consisting of 150–250 words, summarizing the research purpose, methodology, main findings, and contribution.
Keywords	Authors should provide keywords in English that represent the main topics of the article.
Headings	Headings must be clear and systematic, following the structure outlined in the Vox Populi Law Review template.
Figures	Figures must be included in the manuscript in JPG or PNG format, sequentially numbered, and provided with captions.
Tables	Tables must be sequentially numbered, with titles placed above the table. Tables should be centered, single-spaced, and use bold headings.
References	References must appear in footnotes and bibliography, following the Chicago Manual of Style, 17th edition (Full Notes), and arranged alphabetically.

** All manuscripts must be submitted through the Vox Populi Law Review online submission system.
Submissions outside the system will not be considered. **

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For formatting citations and bibliographies, it is recommended that you use reference management software such as Zotero or Mendeley.
Please download the article template in dotm format here.
The PDF versions of this guideline and the Arabic transliteration guideline can be downloaded here.