Artificial Intelligence (AI) Policy

1. General Principles

Acta Mores: Jurnal Hukum dan Sosial Humaniora recognizes the development and potential benefits of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies in supporting academic research and scholarly writing. However, the use of AI must comply with the principles of academic integrity, research ethics, transparency, accountability, and intellectual responsibility. Artificial Intelligence tools, including generative AI and large language models, shall not replace the intellectual responsibility of authors, reviewers, or editors.

2. AI Tools and Authorship

Artificial Intelligence tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of manuscripts published in Acta Mores: Jurnal Hukum dan Sosial Humaniora. Authorship requires accountability for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and conclusions of scholarly work. Since AI systems cannot assume legal or ethical responsibility for published content, they do not meet the requirements for authorship. All listed authors remain fully responsible for the content of their manuscripts, including any content generated, assisted, edited, translated, or processed using AI tools.

3. Permitted Use of AI by Authors

Authors may use AI tools for limited purposes, including:

language improvement and grammar correction;
improving readability and clarity of writing;
translation assistance;
organizing preliminary ideas or research materials;
technical assistance in data organization or analysis, where appropriate.

The use of AI must not compromise the originality, accuracy, confidentiality, or academic integrity of the research.

4. Prohibited Use of AI

Authors are prohibited from using AI tools to:

fabricate research data, evidence, legal sources, citations, or references;
generate false legal arguments or misleading interpretations;
manipulate research findings;
plagiarize or substantially reproduce copyrighted materials without proper authorization;
submit AI-generated content as original scholarly work without appropriate human intellectual contribution and responsibility;
create fictitious citations, legislation, court decisions, judicial opinions, or academic references.

Authors are responsible for verifying the accuracy and authenticity of all information, references, legal materials, regulations, and judicial decisions included in their manuscripts.

5. Disclosure of AI Use

Authors must disclose the use of generative AI or AI-assisted technologies when such tools have made a substantial contribution to the preparation of the manuscript.

The disclosure should clearly explain:

the name of the AI tool used;
the purpose of its use; and
the extent to which AI contributed to the preparation of the manuscript.

A disclosure statement may be included in the manuscript before the References section or in another section determined by the Editorial Team.

Example:

“The authors used [name of AI tool] to assist with language improvement and manuscript organization. All outputs generated with AI were reviewed, verified, and revised by the authors, who remain fully responsible for the content of this manuscript.”

6. AI and Legal Research

Considering the specific characteristics of constitutional and legal research, authors must exercise particular caution when using AI technologies.

All legal sources, including legislation, constitutional provisions, court decisions, judicial opinions, government regulations, and academic references, must be independently verified using reliable and authoritative sources.

AI-generated legal information must not be accepted without verification. Authors remain fully responsible for ensuring the accuracy, validity, and relevance of all legal arguments and sources used in their research.

7. Use of AI by Reviewers

Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts submitted for peer review.

Reviewers are prohibited from uploading unpublished manuscripts, confidential research data, or manuscript contents into publicly available generative AI systems unless explicitly authorized and supported by adequate confidentiality and data protection safeguards.

AI tools must not replace the independent scholarly judgment of reviewers.

Reviewers remain responsible for the quality, fairness, objectivity, and confidentiality of their evaluations.

8. Use of AI by Editors

Editors may use AI-assisted technologies only to support administrative or technical activities, provided that confidentiality, privacy, and publication ethics are protected.

AI must not replace editorial judgment regarding:

manuscript acceptance or rejection;
peer-review decisions;
ethical investigations;
allegations of misconduct;
retractions or corrections.

Final editorial decisions remain the responsibility of the Editor-in-Chief and the Editorial Board.

9. Detection and Investigation

The Editorial Team may investigate manuscripts when there are reasonable concerns regarding inappropriate or undisclosed use of AI.

The journal may request clarification, supporting documentation, revisions, or disclosure statements from authors.

The use of AI detection tools may be considered as supporting information but shall not be treated as the sole basis for determining academic misconduct.

10. Violations of This Policy

Violations of this policy may result in:

requests for revision or clarification;
rejection of the manuscript;
withdrawal of an accepted manuscript;
publication of corrections or expressions of concern;
retraction of a published article; and/or
other actions considered necessary in accordance with the journal's publication ethics policies.