Judicial Reform and Reorganization in 20th Century Iran: State-Building, Modernization and Islamicization

1. Introduction 2. Socio-Historical Background 3. First Period: Post Constitutional Revolution Era 4. Second Period: Modernization Era 5. Third Period: Post Islamic Revolution Era 6. Forth Period: Post Khomeini Era 7. Overviews and Comparisons. Conclusion. Appendix 1: Chronological Outline. Appendix 2: Comparing Four Sociological Theories of Legal Change. Appendix 3: Main Characteristics of Three Legal Traditions: Civil, Common and Socialist Law. Appendix 4: Taxonomy of World's Legal Systems (Mattei, 1997). Appendix 5: Iranian Highest Judiciary Officials, Ministers of Justice, Members of the Supreme Judicial Councils, and Heads of the Judiciary, 1906-2006. Appendix 6: Historical Documents and Photos. Appendix 7: Trend of Urban Population, Literacy, Enrollment in Institution of Higher Education, Internal Migration and the Court Structure in 1927, 1968, and 1984 in Iran