Note: The identification of topics for jurisprudential rulings, though as old as the discipline of jurisprudence itself—since understanding a ruling is fundamentally impossible without understanding its topic—has arguably only emerged as a distinct “discourse of topic identification” for just over a decade. One of the primary reasons for the emergence of the “discourse of topic identification for jurisprudential rulings” is the increasing proliferation of emerging topics and the difficulty for jurists to comprehensively understand all of them. Below is an index of articles that address the relationship between jurisprudence and topic identification, either generally or in relation to specific jurisprudential topics.

Reference and Topic Identification Seyyed Abbas Razavi, Hawzah, Issues 56 and 57, 1993.

The Role of Topic Identification in Ijtihad Abolqasem Fanaei, Naqd va Nazar, Issue 5, 1995.

Jurisprudential Topic Identification and Its Relationship with Sciences Ali Akbar Navaei, Islamic Social Studies, Issue 34, 2002.

A Comparative Study of Martyr Sadr’s Approach with the Traditional Approach of Jurists in Identifying Emerging Issues Mohsen Saeidi Abu Ishaqi and Abdollah Bahmanpour, Interdisciplinary Studies of the Islamic Revolution Civilization, Issue 4, 2022.

A Critical Approach to Hypothetical Jurisprudence: Foundations and Pitfalls with a Focus on the Role of Topic Identification in This Jurisprudential Approach Ali Shafiei, Mohammad Reza Kazemi Gol Verdi, and Mansour Amirzadeh Jirkali, Jurisprudence and Principles (Ferdowsi University of Mashhad), Issue 129, 2022.

Topic Identification and Topic Construction in Jurisprudence with an Emphasis on the Domain of Politics and Society Esmaeil Parvar, Studies in Political Jurisprudence, Issue 3, 2022.

Examination of the Authority for Application in Jurisprudential Topics Seyyed Hamid Jazayeri and Mohammad Ali Farahani Fard, Discourse of Governmental Jurisprudence, Issue 8, 2021.

Evaluation of Custom-Based Perspective in Identifying Emerging Issues Arising from Modern Science Fatemeh Ghodrati and Mohsen Saeidi Abu Ishaqi, Journal of Social Jurisprudence Studies, Year 8, Issue 1, 2019.

Examination of the Validity of Conjectures in Jurisprudential Topic Identification Vahid Ghorbani, Jurisprudence and Ijtihad, Issue 3, 2015.

The Validity of a Trustworthy Report in Topics and Its Scope Mohammad Mahdi Mazari, Studies in Imami Principles of Jurisprudence, Issue 11, 2019.