A Legal Analysis of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran ‎Within the Framework of Modern Public Law

Dabirnia, Alireza; Mashhadi, Ali; Kamel Navab, Morteza

doi:10.22059/jplsq.2023.339132.3049

A Legal Analysis of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran ‎Within the Framework of Modern Public Law

Document Type : Article

Authors

Alireza Dabirnia ¹

Ali Mashhadi ¹

Morteza kamel Navab ²

¹ Associate Prof., Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

² PH. D. in Student in Public law, Faculty of law, University of Qom, Qom, Iran

https://doi.org/10.22059/jplsq.2023.339132.3049

Abstract

The government of the Islamic Republic is the product of a comprehensive revolution by the people of Iran, which is noteworthy from various aspects, such as the role of the people and Islamic law within it. This research aims to achieve an analysis of this government within the framework of modern public law. The study has been conducted using a comparative-historical method, and based on this, it can be said that the foundations of the Islamic Republic of Iran align closely with modern public law principles in many respects, such as national sovereignty, the establishment of founding power, and the role of the people in organizing the government. However, in the areas of legislation and its subsequent implementation within the framework of Islamic law, there is a clear divergence between these two concepts when viewed through the lens of public law principles. Nevertheless, considering that the determination of Islamic law has been accompanied by the choice of the Iranian people rather than imposition from outside, and also in light of recent theories regarding political modernity, including multiple modernities that discuss the possibility of integrating this concept with other cultures, one can refer to the formation of a distinct and tailored model of government (the Islamic Republic of Iran) within the framework of public law, which differs in various ways from other governments formed within the context of modern public law.

Keywords

the Islamic Republic of ‎Iran

modern public law

‎state

foundations of public ‎law.‎

Subjects

Public Law

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