1. Purpose and Scope
Jurnal Darussalam: Pemikiran Hukum Ketatanegaraan dan Perbandingan Mazhab recognizes the growing role of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and AI-assisted technologies in academic research and scholarly publishing. This policy establishes principles for the responsible, transparent, and ethical use of AI in the preparation, submission, review, and publication of scholarly manuscripts. This policy applies to authors, reviewers, editors, and other parties involved in the journal's editorial and publication processes.

2. Acceptable Use of AI Tools
Authors may use AI tools, including generative AI applications, to support scholarly activities, such as language improvement, grammar correction, translation, literature organization, brainstorming, and assistance with data analysis. The use of AI must remain supportive and must not replace the author's independent scholarly judgment, critical analysis, legal reasoning, or original intellectual contribution. Authors are responsible for ensuring that the use of AI does not compromise academic integrity, research originality, confidentiality, or the reliability of the published work.

3. Disclosure of AI Use
Authors must disclose the use of generative AI tools when such tools have made a substantive contribution to manuscript preparation, research design, data collection, data analysis, interpretation, or the creation of figures and other scholarly materials. The disclosure should identify the AI tool used and explain its purpose and scope of use. Authors should include the declaration in an appropriate section of the manuscript, such as the methodology section or a separate AI declaration statement, depending on the nature of the use. Routine spelling, grammar, and punctuation checks that do not substantially alter the content generally do not require disclosure.

4. AI Cannot Be Listed as an Author
AI tools cannot be listed as authors or co-authors of articles submitted to Jurnal Darussalam.Authorship is reserved for human contributors who can take responsibility for the originality, accuracy, integrity, and final approval of the manuscript. Authors remain fully accountable for all content in their submissions, including material produced or assisted by AI tools.

5. Accuracy, Originality, and Research Integrity
Authors must carefully review and verify all AI-assisted content before submission. Particular attention must be given to the accuracy of legal provisions, court decisions, case law, scholarly references, quotations, research findings, and bibliographic information. AI-generated references, legal authorities, quotations, and factual statements must not be presented as authentic without verification against reliable original sources. The use of AI must not involve plagiarism, fabrication or falsification of data, manipulation of research findings, infringement of intellectual property rights, or misrepresentation of authorship. AI assistance does not exempt authors from compliance with the journal's plagiarism policy, publication ethics, and applicable copyright requirements.

6. Responsibilities of Reviewers
- Reviewers must maintain the confidentiality of manuscripts and all information obtained during the peer-review process.
- Reviewers must not upload submitted manuscripts, unpublished research findings, or confidential editorial materials to public or unauthorized AI tools.
- AI tools must not replace the reviewer's independent academic judgment. Reviewers remain responsible for the originality, fairness, accuracy, and scholarly quality of their evaluations.
- Any permitted use of AI in preparing a review report must comply with the journal's confidentiality requirements and applicable editorial instructions.

7. Responsibilities of Editors
-Editors must protect the confidentiality of submitted manuscripts, reviewer reports, author information, and editorial communications.
-Editors must not upload confidential manuscript materials to public or unauthorized AI systems.
-Editorial decisions must be based on scholarly merit, relevance, originality, methodological soundness, ethical compliance, and the journal's established peer-review procedures.
- AI tools may be used for limited administrative or supportive purposes only when confidentiality, data protection, and editorial independence are maintained.

8. AI-Generated Images, Tables, and Other Materials
-Authors must disclose the use of AI to generate or substantially modify images, illustrations, diagrams, tables, or other materials included in a manuscript.
-Authors must ensure that such materials are accurate, properly identified, and compliant with applicable copyright, licensing, and publication requirements.
-AI-generated materials must not be used to misrepresent evidence, research results, legal documents, or other scholarly sources.

9. Confidentiality and Data Protection
Authors, reviewers, and editors must exercise caution when using AI tools that process personal data, confidential information, unpublished research, or legally protected materials. Information must not be submitted to AI services in ways that violate confidentiality obligations, data protection requirements, research ethics, or intellectual property rights.

10. Editorial Action and Compliance
Jurnal Darussalam : Pemikiran Hukum Tata negara dan Perbandingan Mazhab reserves the right to request clarification or additional information regarding the use of AI in a submitted manuscript. Failure to disclose substantive AI use, submission of fabricated or unverified AI-generated information, or other violations of this policy may result in a request for revision, rejection of the manuscript, correction of a published article, or other appropriate editorial action in accordance with the journal's publication ethics procedures. Any action will be determined by the editorial team based on the nature and seriousness of the violation and the journal's applicable policies.

11. Policy Updates
Jurnal Darussalam : Pemikiran Hukum Tata negara dan Perbandingan Mazhab may periodically review and revise this policy to reflect developments in AI technology, scholarly publishing standards, research integrity, and publication ethics.