This Writing Instruction is intended as a guide for the Author in creating a manuscript and sending it to the Editor, as well as a reference fot thr Editor and Peer Reviewer in evaluating the manuscript. Law students (academics, reseachers, practitioners. and activist concernd with community and legal issues) whoo intend to submit the manuscript to Zaaken: Journal of Civil and Business Law are expected to believe in this writing instruction.

The manuscript is its own work and has never been published in other publications, indicated by an Authorship Statement sent along with the manuscript as a separate file. Please download the Authorship Statement.

The manuscript of the study or legal review is written in Indonesian in accordance with the applicable or standard language rules, using Cambria letter format, size 11, space 1.5, paper A4, upper-bottom-right-left margin of 3 cm, with a range of 5.000 - 10.000 words beyond the identity of articles, abstracts, and bibliography.

Research articles or legal assessments are legal articles in relation to social dynamics and changes. Therefore, the study of law normatively (dogmatic), philosophical (philosophy of law), empirical (socio-legal) is allowed. Among the subjects of the field of legal science to choose from are fields related to international law.

Articles of research or legal assessment contains: article identity, abstract accompanied by keywords, introductions, discussions, conclusions, and bibliography.

The identity of the article contains the title, the name of the author without a degree accompanied by the institution where the work or place to produce or intended the article, and the email address.

Abstract contains 150 - 250 words, written 1 space in Indonesian and English. The end of the abstract is accompanied by keywords, which are the meaning words in the article consisting of 3-5 words.

The introduction contains a description behind the discussion and writing, the scope of the writing, and, if necessary, the methods used in analyzing the problem. These descriptions do not require their own sub-discussion, but are incorporated in the Introduction section.

The discussion contains data and analysis. The title of this section does not have to be written specifically discussion, but can also adjust to the language of the article. In it can be divided into various sub-discussion.

The conclusion contains a summary of the discussion that answers the problem behind the writing.

References contains library materials that are cited and referenced in article writing. Most of the library materials referenced are suggested to come from journal articles related to written articles.

Citation Source Writing
The Writing og the citation source follows the Chicago style (The Chicago Manual of Style, 17th editon, 2017) and Turabian (A Manual for Writers, 9th edition, 2018) adapted to the template of Zaaken: Journal of Civil and Business Law in Indonesian or English. Quotations are written in the format:

In a Footnote
Dikdik Mohamad Sodik. Hukum Laut Internasional dan Pengaturannya di Indonesia. Bandung: Rafika Aditama. 2011. hal. 20.

Stuart J. Russel and Peter Norvig. Artificial Interlligence A Modern Approach, Third Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Education,inc. 2010. hal. 55.

Akbar Kurnia Putra. Agreement on Agriculture. Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan. Vol. 46, No.1. 2016. hal. 90.

Retno Kusniati. Jurnal Sejarah Perlindungan Hak-Hak Asasi Manusia Dalam Kaitannya Dengan Konsepsi Negara Hukum. Jurnal Ilmu Hukum. Vol. 4, No. 5. 2011. hal. 12

Deramadana Ersya. Pengaturan Pendaftaran Benda Angkasa yang Menggunakan Energi Nuklir Bedasarkan Convention on Registration of Object Launched Into Outer Space 1975. Skripsi. Jambi: Universitas Jambi. 2021. hal. 40.

Leksikologi dan Leksikografi: Jejak Penulisan Kamus Hukum di Indonesia.https://www.hukumonline.com/berita/baca/
lt5d4c47f88e-8bc/leksikologi-dan-leksikografi--jejak-penulisan-kamus-hukum-di-indonesia. diakses 9 September 2021. 

In References (Grouped by sorted alphabetically)
Ersya, Deramadana . Pengaturan Pendaftaran Benda Angkasa yang Menggunakan Energi Nuklir Bedasarkan Convention on Registration of Object Launched Into Outer Space 1975. Skripsi. Jambi: Universitas Jambi. 2021. hal. 40.

Kusniati, Retno. Jurnal Sejarah Perlindungan Hak-Hak Asasi Manusia Dalam Kaitannya Dengan Konsepsi Negara Hukum. Jurnal Ilmu Hukum. Vol. 4, No. 5. 2011.

Leksikologi dan Leksikografi: Jejak Penulisan Kamus Hukum di Indonesia.https://www.hukumonline.com/berita/baca/
lt5d4c47f88e-8bc/leksikologi-dan-leksikografi--jejak-penulisan-kamus-hukum-di-indonesia. diakses 9 September 2021

Russel, Stuart J. and Peter Norvig. Artificial Interlligence A Modern Approach, Third Edition. New Jersey: Pearson Education,inc. 2010. hal. 55.

Republik Indonesia. Undang-Undang Nomor 24 Tahun 2000 Tentang Perjanjian Internasional.

_______________, Undang-Undang Nomor 11 Tahun 2012 Tentang Pembentukan Peraturan Perundang-Undangan.

Putra, Akbar Kurnia . Agreement on Agriculture. Jurnal Hukum & Pembangunan. Vol. 46, No.1. 2016.

Sodik, Dikdik Mohamad. Hukum Laut Internasional dan Pengaturannya di Indonesia. Bandung: Rafika Aditama. 2011.

The Uniter Nations Convention Againts Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances 1988.

Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Between Republic of Indonesia and Swiss Confederation.

Illustration of Pictures and Tables

Illustrations in the form of images or tables can be used in articles with numbering (picture 1, table 1) and the title on it (e.g., Brand Cases in the Jakarta Commercial Court of 2015-2017). Illustrations in the form of tables are created using only horizontal lines.