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Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authorit
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Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority is a peer-reviewed academic journal dedicated to publishing high-quality scholarly research in the fields of law, governance, and political authority. The journal serves as an international forum for scholars, legal practitioners, policymakers, and researchers to disseminate original empirical studies, theoretical analyses, and critical reviews addressing contemporary legal and political challenges. Corpus welcomes manuscripts covering, but not limited to, constitutional law, administrative law, political institutions, public governance, human rights, legal policy, comparative law, and political theory. All submitted manuscripts undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process to ensure originality, academic integrity, and significant scholarly contribution. Through its regular publication, Corpus aims to advance legal and political scholarship and contribute to the development of effective governance, democratic institutions, and the rule of law.
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International Human Rights Law: Protection of Refugees in Contemporary Conflicts Deo Renaldi Saputra; Sahal Hanafi; Sunusi Dauda; Melva Noya; Bunga Dwi Fani Ritonga
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): January: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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Contemporary armed conflicts have generated complex patterns of forced displacement that challenge the adequacy of traditional refugee protection frameworks. This article examines the role of international human rights law in safeguarding refugees within the context of modern conflicts characterized by protracted violence, institutional fragility, and evolving displacement drivers. Using a normative legal research methodology, the study analyzes the convergence between international human rights law, refugee law, and international humanitarian law, with particular attention to enforcement mechanisms and judicial practice. The findings reveal that human rights law provides a universal and enforceable normative foundation that extends protection beyond formal refugee status, strengthens the principle of non-refoulement, and enhances accountability through judicial oversight. The article further identifies emerging challenges, including temporary protection regimes, climate-related displacement, and digital governance, which require adaptive human rights-based responses. By situating refugee protection within a rights-centered legal framework, this study underscores the continuing relevance of international human rights law as a vital instrument for protecting displaced populations amid increasingly complex and unstable global conflict environments.
Political Polarization: Consequences for Democratic Institutions Elinda Novita Dewi; Anggun Wida Prawira; Edyanto Edyanto
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): January: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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Political polarization has increasingly reshaped the governance of social media, raising critical concerns regarding its impact on freedom of expression within democratic systems. This study examines how regulatory expansion, platform governance, and legal oversight interact with polarized political environments to influence expressive rights in digital spaces. Drawing on a qualitative analytical approach and extensive synthesis of contemporary democratic theory, polarization scholarship, and empirical research, the study reveals that social media regulation often operates through indirect and asymmetrical constraints rather than overt censorship. Algorithmic moderation, institutional politicization, and declining public trust emerge as key mechanisms that narrow the space for legitimate political expression. The analysis further demonstrates that the effects of regulation are contingent upon democratic resilience, particularly the strength of legal oversight, institutional independence, and civic norms. In polarized contexts where these safeguards weaken, freedom of expression becomes increasingly vulnerable to selective enforcement and expressive inequality. The study contributes to debates on digital governance by highlighting the necessity of aligning social media regulation with democratic legitimacy, pluralism, and constitutional accountability in order to sustain expressive freedom in the digital age.
Social Media Regulation: The Impact on Freedom of Expression Zubaida Zafar; Shoukat Ali
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): January: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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The rapid expansion of social media has transformed freedom of expression from a predominantly state-regulated right into a practice mediated by complex regulatory and platform-based governance structures. This study examines how social media regulation influences the scope, exercise, and substance of freedom of expression within contemporary digital environments. Employing normative legal analysis supported by comparative and empirical insights, the research explores the interaction between statutory regulation, administrative enforcement, and private content moderation. The findings demonstrate that regulatory mechanisms addressing misinformation, hate speech, and digital risk often generate indirect constraints on lawful expression through uncertainty, self-censorship, and privatized enforcement practices. Empirical evidence from prior studies and official assessments indicates that these effects extend to democratic discourse, political participation, and expressive autonomy across different jurisdictions. The study argues that social media regulation has not eliminated freedom of expression, but has reconfigured its operation by embedding it within multilayered governance systems. Understanding this transformation is essential for evaluating the legitimacy and democratic consequences of contemporary regulatory approaches to online expression..
Corruption and Governance: Evidence from Southeast Asian Countries Fred-Jaiyesimi
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): January: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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This article examines the relationship between corruption and governance in Southeast Asian countries through a comparative and sectoral perspective. Drawing on prior empirical research, official reports, and institutional analyses, the study explores how variations in governance quality shape corruption dynamics across political, administrative, and economic domains. The findings indicate that corruption is sustained not solely by weak legal frameworks but by structural governance deficiencies, including limited institutional autonomy, selective enforcement, and entrenched political economic networks. Sectoral evidence from health services, education, public procurement, environmental governance, and corporate regulation demonstrates that governance failures translate directly into reduced service quality, fiscal inefficiency, and constrained development outcomes. Comparative analysis of anti corruption policy instruments further reveals that reforms achieve meaningful impact only when embedded within coherent governance systems characterized by accountability, transparency, and rule of law credibility. The study contributes to governance scholarship by highlighting the limits of fragmented reform approaches and emphasizing the centrality of institutional integrity in corruption control. These findings offer policy-relevant insights for designing context-sensitive and sustainable governance reforms in Southeast Asia..  
Judicial Independence: Political Influence in Modern Democracies Vannai Chea; Sok Kuon
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 1 (2026): January: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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Judicial independence constitutes a core element of democratic constitutionalism, yet its resilience is increasingly challenged by political influence in modern democracies. This article examines how political actors shape judicial autonomy through institutional mechanisms that formally comply with constitutional frameworks while substantively constraining judicial discretion. Using a qualitative doctrinal and comparative approach, the study integrates theoretical scholarship, cross-national empirical findings, and institutional analysis to explore the relationship between judicial independence and democratic governance. The findings demonstrate that judicial independence is best understood as a dynamic equilibrium between legal authority and political power, rather than as a fixed constitutional attribute. Institutional arrangements governing appointments, judicial councils, budgets, and jurisdiction emerge as central mediators of political influence. The erosion of judicial independence is shown to undermine democratic accountability, public trust, and the protection of rights, contributing to broader patterns of democratic backsliding. The study concludes that safeguarding judicial independence is essential for sustaining democratic legitimacy and preventing the concentration of unchecked political power.
Interfaith Jurisprudence and Ethics in the Modern Humanitarian Crisis: An Inclusive Legal-Theological Perspective Abid Nurhuda; Ali Anhar Syi'bul Huda; Inamul Hasan Ansori
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): : April: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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This article examines the position and role of Islamic jurisprudence (fiqh) in responding to modern humanitarian crises through an interfaith ethical approach and inclusive theology. Contemporary humanitarian crises, including armed conflict, refugee crises, structural inequality, and global social vulnerability, require religions to transcend exclusive, internally oriented normative approaches. In this context, fiqh cannot be understood solely as a system of ritual and social law for Muslims, but needs to be reconstructed as a framework for dialogical and globally responsible humanitarian ethics. This research uses a qualitative approach based on a literature review, using Jasser Auda's systematic, normative-critical analysis of the maqasid of sharia and an inclusive theological perspective. The results of the study indicate that the internal plurality within the interfaith fiqh tradition holds significant ethical potential for building interfaith cooperation without sacrificing Islamic theological identity. Through the integration of the principles of maqasid al-sharīʿah, the value of human dignity, and universal humanitarian ethics, fiqh can function as a relevant moral medium in addressing global humanitarian challenges. This article asserts that the reconstruction of Islamic jurisprudence based on interfaith ethics is not a theological compromise, but rather an ethical ijtihad rooted in the Islamic scholarly tradition itself. Thus, Islamic jurisprudence has the potential to emerge as a normative tradition that is not only textually valid but also ethically meaningful and transformative in the contemporary plural world.
Digital Surveillance and the Right to Privacy: Legal Challenges of State Authority in the Era of Big Data Governance Awais Syafik; Muslim Muslim; Imroatun Solekah
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): : April: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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This study examines the legal challenges arising from digital surveillance practices and the protection of privacy rights within the expanding framework of big data governance. The research employs an empirical legal approach grounded in normative analysis through examination of statutory regulations, judicial decisions, and institutional monitoring reports concerning state surveillance authority, personal data protection, and digital governance practices. Primary legal materials consist of Indonesian personal data protection and electronic information regulations, while secondary sources include comparative legal scholarship, privacy doctrine, surveillance theory, and reports issued by privacy watchdog institutions. The findings demonstrate that contemporary surveillance governance increasingly operates through algorithmic systems, biometric monitoring, predictive analytics, and automated decision making infrastructures that extend beyond conventional legal safeguards regulating personal data processing. Existing legal frameworks provide formal recognition of privacy rights and data protection obligations, yet institutional implementation remains constrained by weak oversight mechanisms, fragmented accountability structures, and limited regulation of artificial intelligence based surveillance systems. The study argues that future constitutional protection requires regulatory reconstruction integrating algorithmic accountability, collective privacy protection, independent supervisory institutions, and adaptive governance principles capable of limiting disproportionate exercises of digital state authority.
Decentralization and Public Accountability: Evaluating Legal Frameworks of Local Governance Performance in Southeast Asia Aswanto Aswanto; Teddy Delano; Azka Syifaul Maula
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): : April: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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This study examines the relationship between decentralization and public accountability through an empirical normative legal analysis of local governance frameworks in Southeast Asia. The research integrates doctrinal legal interpretation with comparative governance evaluation in order to assess the effectiveness of constitutional regulation fiscal decentralization and digital governance within decentralized administrative systems. Primary legal materials consist of constitutional provisions regional governance statutes judicial decisions and ASEAN institutional instruments while empirical evidence is derived from Worldwide Governance Indicators transparency reports and official governmental publications concerning local governance performance. The findings demonstrate that decentralization strengthens democratic participation and regional administrative flexibility although fragmented regulatory structures uneven institutional capacity and inconsistent fiscal supervision continue to weaken accountability performance across local governments. Fiscal decentralization contributes to regional economic development and governmental responsiveness yet simultaneously increases corruption risks budgetary opacity and supervisory complexity within multilevel governance systems. The study further identifies that digital governance transformation and hybrid administrative coordination require adaptive legal frameworks capable of integrating transparency institutional supervision and technological accountability in order to preserve democratic legitimacy and effective public administration within Southeast Asian decentralized governance systems.
Algorithmic Governance and Legal Accountability: A Comparative Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Regulation in Public Decision-Making Anggun Wida Prawira; Erniati Erniati
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): : April: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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This article examines the problem of legal accountability in algorithmic governance, particularly in the context of artificial intelligence (AI) used in public decision-making, where the increasing reliance on automated systems generates significant challenges related to transparency, liability attribution, and the protection of fundamental rights. The study addresses the normative and practical gaps arising from the coexistence of binding regulations, such as the European Union Artificial Intelligence Act, and non-binding frameworks, including the OECD AI Principles and UNESCO Recommendation, alongside fragmented national policies. Employing a normative-comparative legal research method, this study utilizes doctrinal analysis and comparative approaches based on primary legal sources and secondary scholarly literature to evaluate the coherence, consistency, and effectiveness of AI regulatory regimes across jurisdictions. The findings reveal that while the EU framework provides a relatively structured and enforceable model of accountability through a risk-based regulatory approach, significant ambiguities persist in the allocation of legal liability and the operationalization of human oversight, particularly when algorithmic systems influence administrative discretion. Furthermore, the analysis demonstrates that socio-legal factors, including institutional capacity, legal culture, and administrative practices, critically affect the implementation of accountability norms, thereby exposing a gap between formal legal design and empirical realities, especially in developing regulatory environments. The study contributes to legal scholarship by proposing an integrated framework of algorithmic accountability that combines normative clarity, comparative insights, and socio-legal considerations to strengthen governance mechanisms in AI-driven public administration  
Constitutional Limits of Emergency Powers: Judicial Review and Democratic Resilience in Contemporary Constitutional States Josef Okemba; Muhammad Ridho Rahman; Ihsan Ihsan
International Journal of Law and Political Authority Vol. 1 No. 2 (2026): : April: Corpus: International Journal of Law and Political Authority
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The expansion of emergency powers in contemporary constitutional states has generated profound tensions between the necessity of rapid executive action and the preservation of constitutional limits, particularly in contexts where extraordinary measures risk normalizing deviations from democratic principles and weakening institutional checks and balances. This study addresses the unresolved problem of how constitutional systems can effectively constrain emergency powers while maintaining democratic resilience, with a specific focus on the role of judicial review as a mechanism of constitutional control. Employing a normative juridical method grounded in doctrinal and comparative legal analysis, this research examines constitutional provisions, emergency law statutes, and constitutional court decisions derived from constitutional court databases, supported by interpretive approaches including systematic, teleological, and comparative methods. The findings reveal that constitutional limits are operationalized through judicial review practices that conditionally validate emergency measures while imposing substantive and procedural constraints, thereby preventing the entrenchment of exceptional governance. The analysis further demonstrates that the effectiveness of these limits depends on institutional integrity, interpretive coherence, and socio-legal factors such as constitutional culture and public trust, which collectively shape the capacity of constitutional systems to withstand crisis without eroding democratic norms. This study contributes to the theoretical development of constitutional resilience by integrating normative, empirical, and socio-legal perspectives, while also offering methodological insights through the combined use of doctrinal analysis and judicial data.  

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