Contemporary Jurisprudence

A Review of the Book The Principle of Human Dignity as a Jurisprudential Rule

The Right to Human Dignity and Equality from the Perspective of Jurisprudence/3

The book The Principle of Human Dignity as a Jurisprudential Rule, authored by Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Seyyed Mohammad Ali Ayazi, was published in 2021 by Sarabi Publications in 174 pages. This work can be regarded as the first serious scholarly contribution addressing the principle of dignity as a jurisprudential rule. Its innovative subject matter, adherence to a jurisprudential approach, concise expression, avoidance of verbosity, and presentation of a novel structure for the discussion are among the book’s merits. Below is a summary of the book’s content, drawn from the Encyclopedia of Contemporary Jurisprudence:

Scientific Session of the Institute for Contemporary Jurisprudential Studies on Justice and Public Culture

The 55th session of “Methodology Sundays,” presented by Hujjat al-Islam Dr. Mahdi Shajarian and critiqued by Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Hassanali Aliakbarian, addressed the challenges of rationality and religious norms in contemporary society

The “Method on Sundays” session, organized by the Institute for Contemporary Jurisprudential Studies and the Office of Islamic Propagation, took place on Sunday, August 31, 2025. In this specialized session, Dr. Mahdi Shajarian, Assistant Professor in the Social Justice Studies Department at the Institute of Islamic Sciences and Culture, delivered a lecture on “The Impact of the Theory of Justice on the Methodology of Transforming Islamic Knowledge into Public Culture.”
Dr. Shajarian highlighted the significant challenge of the gap between jurisprudential norms, particularly social rulings, and public culture, identifying the differing perspectives on rationality in Islamic jurisprudence as a key factor contributing to this divide. He emphasized the need to move from a “narrow” rationality (aql-e maziq) to an “expansive” rationality (aql-e mowsa‘) capable of issuing rulings on specific cases, which could facilitate the transformation of religious norms into public culture.
Hujjat al-Islam wal-Muslimeen Hassanali Aliakbarian, the session’s critic, offered a differing perspective, stressing that the public should be acquainted with religious norms through explanation and dialogue rather than reconstructing those norms to align with social perceptions.
This session was the fifth in the summer series of “Methodology Sundays” and was held in collaboration with the Office of Islamic Propagation’s Desk for the Development and Empowerment of Islamic Sciences.

Dr. Mohadeseh Moeinifar, in an exclusive interview with Contemporary Jurisprudence, stated:

Jurisprudence of Governance in Cyberspace/5

Dr. Mohadeseh Moeinifar, a faculty member at Imam Khomeini International University in Qazvin, has been engaged in research and authorship in the fields of jurisprudence and law related to cyberspace and media for many years. Articles such as “Children’s Rights, Islamic Rules for Digital Parenting, and Their Enforcement in Iranian Laws,” “Requirements for Upholding Privacy Rights in the Context of the Internet of Things from the Perspective of Iranian Law,” and “Requirements for Identifying and Upholding Rights in the Digital Space” are among her contributions in this field. We discussed cyberspace policymaking with her. While precisely outlining the requirements of policymaking, she also highlighted the conceivable areas for jurisprudential engagement in this domain. The full text of this exclusive interview is presented below: