State in the Shadow of Mosque- Political System of the Islamic Republic of Iran – Cover Image

Држава у сенци џамије- политички систем Исламске Републике Иран –
State in the Shadow of Mosque- Political System of the Islamic Republic of Iran –

Author(s): Dušan Vučićević
Subject(s): Constitutional Law, Islam studies, Government/Political systems, Politics and religion
Published by: Институт за политичке студије
Keywords: Iran; Islam; political system; Khomeini; Rule of Islamic Jurist;

Summary/Abstract: In this text author presented a unique character of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The author explained constitutional “arrangement” of Iran starting from the notion of sovereignty in the way that it is comprehended in Islamic legal and political theory, political doctrine of Shiism and the concept of Velayat- e- Faqih (the Rule of Islamic Jurist) by Imam Khomeini. Through an analysis of constitutional status and functioning of seven key institutions, the author tried to comprehend and explain institutional complicity that is characteristic of Iranian political system.

  • Issue Year: 2008
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 215-238
  • Page Count: 24
  • Language: Serbian