Meaning and Applications of Guardianship in Jurisprudence

The guardianship "Walayayat Amr" is one of the most important and widely used term in jurisprudence and its sources, which has various applications. In the time of occultation the exemplification of the guardianship is a just jurist. This article intends to study about the usages of this term in jurisprudence through citation, descriptive, correlation and causal approach. Its applications can be divided into two items: First applications of guardianship in non-political jurisprudence, which can be followed by some issues such as guardianship upon affairs of a dead person, guardianship upon affairs of a couple, guardianship of father and forefather upon affairs of a child and guardianship in administration. The second application is guardianship in the political jurisprudence which also can be followed by some issues such as: The matters which are duty of a guardian, the matters which some parts of that are duty of a guardian, the matters which are based on aegis and support of a guardian and the matters that have no special trustee and are naturally handled by a guardian. Therefore, it can be said, all chapters, issues and rules of jurisprudence have a tight relationship with guardianship which some of them would not be realized in the lack of guardianship.