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The Iran Legal System

A complete plain-language guide to Islamic Republic of Iran

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Edition
2026 Edition
Extent
2473 pages
Language
English
ISBN
978-1-0000-229-1

About this book

A structured tour of how law actually works in Iran — where it comes from, who makes it, which court hears what, and how an ordinary person or business interacts with the system. Written for readers with no legal training, with every institution named and every primary source cited so you can verify the position yourself. A codified system whose form is continental and whose substance is Twelver Shia jurisprudence. The Civil Code of 1928–35 was drafted on the French model but its provisions on persons, family and succession restate Shia fiqh, and it remains in force. After 1979 the criminal law was rebuilt around Islamic categories — hadd, qisas, diyat and ta'zir — now consolidated in the Islamic Penal Code of 2013. The distinguishing institutional feature is that all legislation must pass the Guardian Council, which vets every enactment for consistency with Islamic criteria and the Constitution and may void it outright, so review happens before promulgation rather than in court.

What is inside

  • Full Iran court hierarchy explained tier by tier
  • Named regulators with contact routes and response times
  • Step-by-step procedures for the most common legal tasks
  • Every claim footnoted to an official primary source
  • Glossary of local legal terminology in plain English

Table of contents

5 parts · 18 chapters

Part I — Foundations

  1. 01The legal tradition
  2. 02Constitutional framework
  3. 03Sources of law

Part II — Institutions

  1. 01The court hierarchy
  2. 02Government and regulators
  3. 03Enforcement bodies
  4. 04The legal profession

Part III — Everyday Law

  1. 01Work and employment
  2. 02Housing and property
  3. 03Family and personal status
  4. 04Criminal process

Part IV — Doing Things

  1. 01Starting a business
  2. 02Immigration and residence
  3. 03Tax obligations
  4. 04Making a complaint

Part V — Reference

  1. 01Procedure checklists
  2. 02Glossary
  3. 03Official sources index

Who this is for

  • Residents and newcomers who need to understand their rights
  • Businesses entering or operating in the jurisdiction
  • Lawyers taking a first look at an unfamiliar system
  • Students of comparative law

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