Bozorgmehr Bashiriyeh; Firouz Mahmoudi Janaki; Ardebili Mohammad Ali; Moeini Alamdari Jahangir
Abstract
"A Theory of Justice" is a project in the Kantian school by John Rawls, the twentieth-century philosopher. The "Veil of Ignorance" is one of the prominent notions of his theory of justice, which is born in another abstract concept as the "Original Position". Rawls seeks to establish fairness or impartiality ...
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"A Theory of Justice" is a project in the Kantian school by John Rawls, the twentieth-century philosopher. The "Veil of Ignorance" is one of the prominent notions of his theory of justice, which is born in another abstract concept as the "Original Position". Rawls seeks to establish fairness or impartiality in the laws and administration of society by using such a tool. The present article has tried descriptively and analytically to emphasize the capacity of applying the theory of veil of ignorance in criminal law by applying this doctrine. Finally, the writing of this article demonstrates that an applied approach to Rawls' explanatory model can lead to a better understanding of the legal principles and rules of a legal system (descriptively), and to the extent that the theory is immune from subjectivity, it may criticize criminal justice and its rules.
International Law
Ali Reza Jalali; Mohammadhasan Maldar
Abstract
Protecting human dignity as an inherent and inviolable right is one of the most important obligations of the government even when a person is liable for his criminal behavior before the law. Adopting a descriptive-analytical method, the present study endeavors to answer the basic question that based ...
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Protecting human dignity as an inherent and inviolable right is one of the most important obligations of the government even when a person is liable for his criminal behavior before the law. Adopting a descriptive-analytical method, the present study endeavors to answer the basic question that based on the procedure of the European Court of Human Rights, as an innovative and developed international judicial body, what elements should the courts consider when issuing a judgment in order to impose a punishment protecting the human dignity? After reviewing some judgments of the Court, the research concluded that by observing some formal and substantive principles such as justification of conviction, charge bargaining, ne bis in idem principle, citation of high quality laws, proportionality of offence and punishment and non-recourse to severely painful punishments, the human dignity of offenders is safeguarded. Accordingly, in case of non-observance of the mentioned principles, the legal systems would be exposed to serious human rights challenges, because states' lack of attention to the human dignity of criminals, would make the repressive nature of states to prevail over the fundamental rights of citizens.
