Acta Mores: Jurnal Hukum dan Sosial Humaniora aims to provide an open-access, peer-reviewed forum for the advancement of critical studies in law and social justice that engage with contemporary social issues in both urban contexts and communities grounded in local wisdom. The journal aims to promote high-quality, original scholarship that examines the intersection of law with social change, governance, human rights, ethics, and multidisciplinary socio-legal perspectives, while fostering inclusive academic dialogue among scholars, practitioners, and policymakers at both national and international levels.

1. Law and social change: Analyses of how legal norms, institutions, and practices respond to or shape transformations in society, including issues of inequality, marginalization, and social movements.
2. Governance and public policy: Studies on legislative and regulatory frameworks, public administration, and policy implementation at local, national, and global levels, with attention to their implications for social justice.
3. Human rights and ethics: Research addressing civil, political, economic, social, and cultural rights, as well as moral and ethical dimensions of law in diverse social settings.
4. Socio-legal and multidisciplinary studies: Contributions that integrate law with insights from sociology, anthropology, political science, economics, and other social sciences to explore complex legal‑social phenomena.
5. Local wisdom and urban society: Empirical and theoretical works that examine the role of customary norms, indigenous practices, and community values in shaping legal responses to contemporary issues in both rural and urban environments.