Evaluation of the Dynamics of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Constitution

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 . Associate Professor, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran

2 Ph.D. Candidate, Faculty of Law & Political Sciences, Allameh Tabataba’i University, Tehran, Iran. Corresponding Author Email: javad_yahyazadeh@atu.ac.ir

10.52547/jlr.2023.229457.2367

Abstract

The dynamic constitution is one of the fundamental issues in modern constitutional law systems, through the theoretical basis of justification and the presentation of its practical mechanisms, which tries to bring yesterday's constitution together with today's values without changing the existence of the legal-political order and system based on order-oriented values to meet the renewed demands of citizens. Therefore, the main question in this Article is what is meant by the dynamic constitution and the mechanisms of its realization and its place in the constitutional law system of the Islamic Republic of Iran? The findings of this research, with the method of collecting data through a library and descriptive-analytical method and checking legal and official texts and documents, show that the dynamic constitution means the constitution compliance with citizens' demand and this concept is generally possible in four ways: revision, interpretation, unwritten principles and constitutional adjudication. Also, the reflection on the domestic constitutional law indicates that by emphasizing the difficulty of the revision process in the constitution, the lack of application of the hermeneutic interpretation method by the official interpreter and finally the danger of resorting to unwritten principles in fragile democracies, the dynamics of the constitution in the legal order and system of the interior shall be sought in the constitutional adjudication.

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  • Receive Date: 12 November 2022
  • Revise Date: 21 February 2023
  • Accept Date: 29 May 2023

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