An Analysis of the Semantic Dimensions of the Term "Law" in the Constitutional Principles

The constitution of Iran is the county’s most important law and national covenant, and monitoring or supervising its proper implementation is essential for systematizing the society. In this regard, in the first step, it seems necessary to have a correct understanding of the legislator's intention, in particular regarding the term "law" as a multi-meaning and frequently used term in the constitutional principles. Therefore, using a descriptive-analytical method and an inductive approach, and referring to legal and substantive sources, the study considers the detailed discussions of the meeting for the Final Constitutional Review, the debates of the committee of Constitutional Review and the regular laws and basic procedures and identifies five different meanings for this term by. These meanings include: 1. The ordinary law in a special sense, 2. The rules of the Sharia of Islam, 3. The norms of law in the general sense, 4. The constitution, 5. The constitution and the ordinary law in the general sense. In each of the principles of the constitution, the intended meaning of the legislator has been introduced and explained with respect to the usage of this term in that particular principle.