Legislation is One of the Latest Entries in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Jurisprudence: Legislation

One of the latest entries in the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Jurisprudence, entitled “Legislation,” was published by Dr. Alireza Salehi. This entry examines the concept, nature, and relationship between legislation and jurisprudence and provides an in-depth analysis of the foundations of this issue within the framework of contemporary jurisprudence.

In this entry, Dr. Alireza Salehi first defines legislation and its place in the legal and jurisprudential system. Then, he examines the most important foundations of the legitimacy of legislation from the perspective of jurisprudence and its role in social order and religious policymaking. This entry also refers to the challenges and opportunities of legislation in today’s society and attempts to present a comparative view between contemporary needs and jurisprudential principles.

This entry on the legitimacy of legislation states:

Legislation, in the sense of enacting a law, is an act of sovereignty in which the government or competent authorities of a country establish rules and regulations to regulate social relations and its relations with the people, and everyone is obliged to follow them. Legislation in the field of Islamic law is also called legislation, which is carried out only by God and is transmitted to the people by the prophets, imams, and their deputies.

This entry on the fields of legislation also believes that in Shi’i jurisprudential and legal texts, the legitimacy of legislation has been discussed in the two fields of “customary and general matters (unwritten)” and “juristic rulings (written)”, and Shi’i jurists have examined the legitimacy or illegitimacy of legislation in these two fields based on their attitude towards the concept of law.

This article is a rich and practical source for researchers, teachers, and those interested in the fields of jurisprudence and law.