One of the essential tools of direct democracy in democratic systems is the referendum .There are ambiguities around the legislative referendum which is the most commonly used means, also recognized in Article 59 of the Constitution of Iran, including the meaning of the terms of this article, the role of sovereign institutions such as the Guardian Council, and the status of the outcome of the referendum in the country's norm hierarchy. This descriptive-analytic research highlights that the constitutional control by the Guardian Council places before the referendum, and it has no right to control the outcome of the referendum. Also, in the statutory law, the type of referendum based on its condition's, the citizen's initiative, as well as how to identify the most critical issues and the appropriate quorum for the ratification of the outcome shall be recognized.
Tahan Nazif, H., & Momtaznia, M. S. (2020). Legislative referendum in the legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Journal of Islamic Law Research, 20(2), 421-448. doi: 10.30497/law.2020.2695
MLA
Hadi Tahan Nazif; Mohammad Saeed Momtaznia. "Legislative referendum in the legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran". The Journal of Islamic Law Research, 20, 2, 2020, 421-448. doi: 10.30497/law.2020.2695
HARVARD
Tahan Nazif, H., Momtaznia, M. S. (2020). 'Legislative referendum in the legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran', The Journal of Islamic Law Research, 20(2), pp. 421-448. doi: 10.30497/law.2020.2695
VANCOUVER
Tahan Nazif, H., Momtaznia, M. S. Legislative referendum in the legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The Journal of Islamic Law Research, 2020; 20(2): 421-448. doi: 10.30497/law.2020.2695
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