University of Tehran Public Law Studies Quarterly 2423-8120 51 3 2021 09 23 The concept of the constitution in the minds of constitutional experts Iran The concept of the constitution in the minds of constitutional experts Iran 1267 1287 81412 10.22059/jplsq.2021.301681.2409 FA Ali Daraee MA. in public relations, public law, Faculty of Literature and Social Sciences, University of Tabriz, Tabrize, Iran Ali Mashhadi Associate Professor, Department of Public and International Law, Faculty of Law, Qom University, Qom, Iran. 0000-0001-8439-1384 Sedigheh Gharloghi PhD student in Public Law, Faculty of Law, Qom University, Qom, Iran. Journal Article 2020 04 26 Constitutionalism in recent centuries has sought to establish the constitution with new goals. In this sense, constitutionalism gives the constitution a modern meaning and content. Based on this, it is very important to know what perceptions the authors of the constitution had on concept and content of the constitution in 1979. Therefore, relying on descriptive-analytical methods, the authors have tried to explain the theoretical foundations of constitutionalism by extracting, explaining, and describing the details of the 1979 negotiations. These perceptions are: reductionist, Islamist or a variety of perceptions of Islamic government, value-oriented, idealistic, content-oriented or legal and modern, cosmopolitan, and task-oriented. The basic premise of this article is based on the fact that it seems that there has been a multiplicity of interpretations of the concept and content of the constitution in the minds of constitutional experts in 1979. In other words, among the various views in the Assembly of Experts for Constitution, the ideological and revolutionary views have prevailed, because in addition to legal readings, these non-legal readings also stood out in this force. On the other hand, the product of the attitude of constitutional experts in the texts approving the constitution was often a legal and modern interpretation, although the value-oriented interpretation was evident in the preamble to the constitution. Constitutionalism in recent centuries has sought to establish the constitution with new goals. In this sense, constitutionalism gives the constitution a modern meaning and content. Based on this, it is very important to know what perceptions the authors of the constitution had on concept and content of the constitution in 1979. Therefore, relying on descriptive-analytical methods, the authors have tried to explain the theoretical foundations of constitutionalism by extracting, explaining, and describing the details of the 1979 negotiations. These perceptions are: reductionist, Islamist or a variety of perceptions of Islamic government, value-oriented, idealistic, content-oriented or legal and modern, cosmopolitan, and task-oriented. The basic premise of this article is based on the fact that it seems that there has been a multiplicity of interpretations of the concept and content of the constitution in the minds of constitutional experts in 1979. In other words, among the various views in the Assembly of Experts for Constitution, the ideological and revolutionary views have prevailed, because in addition to legal readings, these non-legal readings also stood out in this force. On the other hand, the product of the attitude of constitutional experts in the texts approving the constitution was often a legal and modern interpretation, although the value-oriented interpretation was evident in the preamble to the constitution. https://jplsq.ut.ac.ir/article_81412_76b72784f22d58754af8b05251cdea10.pdf