Aim and Scope

Veritas Journal of Social, Legal and Humanistic Studies (VJSLHS) is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal dedicated to advancing scholarly excellence in the fields of social sciences, legal studies, and the humanities. The journal seeks to provide a distinguished platform for the publication of original, high-quality research that contributes to academic knowledge, informs public policy, and addresses contemporary social, legal, cultural, and humanistic issues from national and global perspectives.

Key Aims:

  • To publish original, innovative, and rigorously peer-reviewed research that advances knowledge in social sciences, law, and the humanities.
  • To promote interdisciplinary scholarship that examines the dynamic relationships between law, society, governance, culture, ethics, and human development.
  • To encourage critical analysis of legal systems, public institutions, social structures, and cultural practices through evidence-based research.
  • To provide an inclusive international forum for researchers, academicians, legal professionals, policymakers, and practitioners to exchange scholarly ideas and contemporary perspectives.
  • To support ethical, accessible, and high-quality academic publishing through a transparent and efficient double-blind peer-review process.
  • To facilitate research that contributes to sustainable development, social justice, human rights, democratic governance, and public policy reforms.

Scope:

VJSLHS welcomes original research articles, review papers, case analyses, policy papers, book reviews, short communications, and scholarly commentaries that contribute to the advancement of knowledge within the journal's core disciplines. The journal particularly encourages interdisciplinary research addressing contemporary legal, social, political, cultural, and ethical challenges.

The scope includes, but is not limited to, the following areas:

  • Law and Legal Studies: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Civil Law, Corporate and Commercial Law, Human Rights Law, International Law, Environmental Law, Intellectual Property Law, Cyber Law, Labour and Employment Law, Family Law, Taxation Law, Consumer Protection Law, Alternative Dispute Resolution, Comparative Law, Jurisprudence, Legal Education, and emerging legal issues.
  • Social Sciences: Sociology, Political Science, Public Administration, Economics, Public Policy, International Relations, Development Studies, Social Work, Criminology, Gender Studies, Media and Communication Studies, Anthropology, Population Studies, and related disciplines.
  • Humanities: History, Philosophy, Literature, Linguistics, Cultural Studies, Religious Studies, Ethics, Archaeology, Fine Arts, Performing Arts, Heritage Studies, and other fields that contribute to the understanding of human society, culture, and civilization.
  • Interdisciplinary Research: Studies integrating law with technology, governance, public health, education, environmental sustainability, artificial intelligence, digital society, social justice, human rights, ethics, and public administration.
  • Contemporary and Emerging Issues: Research addressing climate justice, digital governance, cybersecurity regulation, migration, constitutional reforms, access to justice, sustainable development, diversity and inclusion, legal technology, and global governance.

VJSLHS particularly welcomes manuscripts presenting original empirical research, doctrinal and socio-legal analyses, comparative studies, policy evaluations, theoretical frameworks, and critical reviews that demonstrate methodological rigor and make significant contributions to academic scholarship and professional practice.

Submissions beyond the areas listed above may also be considered where they demonstrate strong relevance to social sciences, legal studies, humanities, or interdisciplinary scholarship and align with the journal's mission of promoting academic excellence, ethical research, and meaningful societal impact.