Effect of Aristocracy on Economic Justice in the light of Jurisprudence and the Constitution

Aristocracy is one of the problems in society, which is followed by various consequences. In this paper, the effect of aristocracy on economic justice in the light of jurisprudence and the constitution is investigated.

This paper is descriptive-analytical and library method is used.

Ethical considerations: 

In this paper, the originality of the texts, honesty, and trustworthiness are observed.

The findings indicate that economic justice has been emphasized and taken into consideration in jurisprudence and the constitution in the form of allocative justice and distributive justice, and aristocracy, which is discussed in jurisprudence in the form of concepts such as luxury and acquisitiveness, is reprehensible and affects the non-realization of economic justice. Aristocracy leads to economic injustice by affecting the unfair distribution of facilities, fueling poverty, exclusivity, rent and hoarding, embezzlement, and tampering with the Bait-al-Mal (public treasury). Aristocracy creates a situation in which the main goal is to acquire wealth in order to live a luxurious life in any possible way, including unfair distribution of facilities, embezzlement, and rent. This is contrary to religious teachings and life, especially the life of Imam Ali (AS) and the principles of the constitution, which emphasizes economic justice.

The most important way to tackle aristocracy and consequently to achieve economic justice is to distribute facilities and opportunities fairly and to deal with rent-seeking and tampering with public treasury.