1st Edition

Judicial Reform and Reorganization in 20th Century Iran State-Building, Modernization and Islamicization

By Majid Mohammadi Copyright 2008
416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

416 Pages
by Routledge

Iran is now at the center of political and social developments in the Middle East. This book examines the reform of the judicial system in 20 th century Iran and is the first to relate state-building process with rule of law promotion and judicial reform in the region. This subject occupies the critical juncture of three developments in the contemporary study of Iranian society as an... Read more

1. Introduction  2. Socio-Historical Background  3. First Period: Post Constitutional Revolution Era  4. Second Period: Modernization Era  5. Third Period: Post Islamic Revolution Era  6. Forth Period: Post Khomeini Era  7. Overviews and Comparisons.  Conclusion.  Appendix 1: Chronological Outline.  Appendix 2: Comparing Four Sociological Theories of Legal Change.  Appendix 3: Main Characteristics of Three Legal Traditions: Civil, Common and Socialist Law.  Appendix 4: Taxonomy of World’s Legal Systems (Mattei, 1997).  Appendix 5: Iranian Highest Judiciary Officials, Ministers of Justice, Members of the Supreme Judicial Councils, and Heads of the Judiciary, 1906-2006.  Appendix 6: Historical Documents and Photos.  Appendix 7: Trend of Urban Population, Literacy, Enrollment in Institution of Higher Education, Internal Migration and the Court Structure in 1927, 1968, and 1984 in Iran

Biography

Majid Mohammadi is an adjunct professor of Near Eastern studies at Binghamton University. He is the author of several books, including Heaven’s Ladder: Analytic Philosophy of Religion, Political Reforms Quandary in Iran Today, Introduction to Sociology and Economics of Culture in Iran Today, Authoritarian Face: Iranian TV, 1990-2000, Civil Society: Iranian Style, Religion vs. Faith, and Sacred vs. Secular: Islamicization Process in Iran.