Relation of the General Policies of the System with the Privileged Commandments of the Islamic Ruler in the Constitution of Iran

Esmaeili, Mohsen; Tahan Nazif, Hadi

doi:10.30497/law.2012.1014

Relation of the General Policies of the System with the Privileged Commandments of the Islamic Ruler in the Constitution of Iran

Type : Research Article

Authors

Mohsen Esmaeili

Hadi Tahan Nazif

10.30497/law.2012.1014

Abstract

The general policies of the Islamic system aim at creating stability and regulation of affairs toward moving to definite objectives on a macro level and also at taking harmonious steps on the part of governmental powers in this direction, hence forming a novel institution in the constitution of the Islamic Republic. The constitution considers determining these policies as one of the privileges and authorities of the leader after consulting the Expediency Council. There is little research on the religious and jurisprudential foundation of determining these policies by the leader. Some are of the opinion that these policies can be analyzed in the same process as the privileged commandments of the Islamic ruler in the Islamic society. The present article seeks to study the relation of the general policies of the Islamic system with the privileged commandments of the Islamic ruler in view of the legal components presented by the constitution of the Islamic Republic of Iran.

Keywords

general policies of the Islamic system

guardianship of jurisprudent

primary rules

secondary rules

privileged commandments of the Islamic ruler