Law, state, and society in modern Iran : constitutionalism, autocracy, and legal reform, 1906-1941 / Hadi Enayat.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Enayat, Hadi, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Justice, Administration of--Iran--History.

Justice, Administration of.

Judicial power--Iran--History.

Judicial power.

Courts--Iran--History.

Courts.

Rule of law--Iran--History.

Rule of law.

Constitutional history--Iran.

Constitutional history.

Despotism.

History.

Law reform.

Nation-building.

Iran.

Nation-building--Iran--History.

Law reform--Iran--History.

Dāvar, ʻAlī Akbar, 1885 or 1886-1937.

Dāvar, ʻAlī Akbar.

Despotism--Iran--History.

Physical Description:

256 pages ; 25 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Incorporating history, sociology, and rule of law studies, this book sheds light on an understudied but fascinating dimension of modernization in Iran, namely the emergence of a new legal system between the 1906 Constitutional Revolution and the end of Reza Shah's rule in 1941. While Iranian constitutionalism can be seen as part of a global trend of constitutional revolutions at the turn of the twentieth century, in Iran, an unusual institutional and historical background shaped a path to legal reform that was in many ways unique. Among other factors, the scholastic legalism of the Shi'i ulama and the considerable autonomy they enjoyed in administering the civil law in the nineteenth century made legal reform a particularly contested, difficult, and politically charged aspect of state building. Book jacket.

Contents:

Law, state, and society in nineteenth century Iran

Law and justice in the Mashrutiyat : 1891-1911

The struggle to establish new laws and institutions, 1911-1926

The reforms of Ali Akbar Davar and beyond, 1926-1941

The new legal institutions in practice : 1906-1941.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137282019

1137282010

OCLC:

827256603