Judicial Review and the Politico-legal Constitution

Legal Pragmatism and the Constitution

Judicial Discipline, Judicial Independence, and the Constitution: a Textual and Structural Analysis

Both the American Revolution and the nation which grew out of it adopted as their guiding political philosophy the principles of representationalism and accountability: Decisions of governing political and social policy are to be made, for the most part, by those who are both representative of and accountable to the populace.1 To be sure, those who framed our Constitution never contemplated eit...

Causes of Judicial and Legal Criminal Policy Disagreement in Drug-Related Offenses from the Legal-Ethical Approach

Background: The legislative review of the criminal record on the crime of repetition and the severity of the punishment for repeated offenders indicates that the legislator firstly used various laws to include repetition of crime, and in some cases such as drug offenses and for criminal reasons. It has taken into account a certain degree of exacerbation that is markedly different from what is s...

Studying the Legal and Ethical Factors in Establishing a Judicial Procedure

Background: The legality of the laws and regulations on ethics has always been emphasized on the morality of legal systems and its necessity has been discussed. In Iran, because of other small-scale systems, the law creates and introduces strong rules. The law may not be applicable to the evidence. In fact, the high-level rules have many implications. The purpose of this study is to investigate...

Legal Personality—Legislative or Judicial Prerogative