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DOI

10.21143/jhp.vol49.no2.2014

Abstract

Writing articles in a law review is different from writing an opinion in a newspaper or articles in other types of journals. Indonesian authors often fail to indicate the problems to be discussed, the proposed thesis statement or idea (claim), and the structure of the article. They also write too descriptive and employ very limited references. This paper aims to support the authors to find out important aspects in formulating a good legal article. For this reason, this paper explains that an article must contain the claim, and be novel, non-obvious, and useful. This paper also explains the importance of the introduction of an article and explains how to start the introduction. The article demonstrates the importance of the structure of articles, references, and languages. By knowing and taking into account the elements of good articles, Indonesian authors would be able to produce articles with quality comparable to that of reputable international journals. In this case, the only problem for a publication in reputable international law journals would only be a matter of writing an article in English and no longer of the quality of the article.

Bahasa Abstract

Menulis artikel pada jurnal hukum berbeda dari menulis artikel pada surat kabar dan artikel pada jurnal ilmiah pada umumnya. Sayangnya, para penulis di Indonesia seringkali gagal memperlihatkan permasalahan yang hendak dibahas di dalam artikelnya, tidak menjelaskan thesis statement atau gagasan (claim) yang hendak diajukan, tidak pula menuliskan struktur penulisan dari artikel, terlalu bersifat deskriptif, dan memuat referensi yang sangat terbatas. Tulisan ini bertujuan membantu para penulis menemukan hal apa saja yang perlu diperhatikan dalam penulisan sebuah artikel hukum yang baik. Untuk itu, tulisan ini menjelaskan bahwa sebuah artikel harus memuat pernyataan gagasan (claim atau thesis), bersifat kebaruan (novelty), bersifat non-obvious, dan memiliki kegunaan. Tulisan ini juga menjelaskan pentingnya pendahuluan dari sebuah artikel dan menerangkan bagaimana memulai pendahuluan. Hal yang juga penting di dalam artikel adalah struktur artikel, referensi, dan bahasa. Dengan diketahui dan diperhatikannya elemen penyusun artikel yang baik, artikel dari penulis Indonesia dapat memiliki kualitas yang sejajar dengan artikel pada jurnal-jurnal internasional bereputasi, sehingga hambatan publikasi pada jurnal tersebut menjadi bukan lagi persoalan kualitas tulisan, tetapi hanya persoalan bagaimana menulis artikel ke dalam bahasa Inggris.

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