in modern world, there is a strong need and necessity for defending of religion in different ways. one of the defenses that nowadays is accepted by some people is pragmatic defense which is going to show the positive effects of religion in people's life. the present study is a pragmatic defense of religion which relies essentially on psychological function of religion. for this reason at t...

the present article is an attempt to study theoretical aspects of justice in the precept of the holy prophet of islam, by focusing on practical and objective results. in the first place, the necessity and significance of political justice has been explained in three parts. in the next step, the nature, levels and foundation of justice in the viewpoint of the holy prophet are discussed. for purp...

In its 1990 Term, the United States Supreme Court heard five cases involving the Fourth Amendment. In this article, Professor Bruce Green analyzes these five search-and-seizure decisions in light of Justice Marshall's criticism that '[Plower, not reason, is the new currency of this Court's decision-making. " He examines the various considerations the Court advances in its Fourth Amendment analy...