Legitimate Justice from the Perspective of Imamieh Jurisprudence and Iranian Law

Social justice is characterized by four approaches: right to justice, merit, equality and social balance. The need for realizing these approaches in society is fair legislation. Legitimate justice in the Islamic Republic of Iran is based on Imam's jurisprudence, and in this paper various aspects of jurisprudence and law have been analyzed. The research method is qualitative descriptive-analytic. According to the studies, in order to formulate and enact fair laws and achieve justice in society, in addition to the need for legislators to be fair, the legislative process and the nature of the laws should be fair and in accordance with Islamic law and Imam's jurisprudence. Equality, comprehensibility, ratification of a competent authority, generalization and publication of laws from the characteristics of justice in the process of shaping the law. Justice in the nature and content of the law involves attention to differences, the provision of minority rights, ethics, and alignment with upstream rules.