Journal of Legal Research

Journal of Legal Research

Analysis of Civil Law in the Persian Legal System

Document Type : Original Article

Author
Invited Lecturer , Department of International Law, Faculty of Law, Irshad Damavand University, Tehran, Iran; Attorney.
Abstract
The Persian legal system existed from the time of the Medes until the Sassanid dynasty. In various topics of civil law, such as ownership, endowment, contract’s general rules, sale, lease, company, power of attorney, suretyship, mortgage, guarantee, will, inheritance, family rights, principles had been established, which approves in that period of time, certain legal principles, rules and customs existed. Although these rules are rooted in the common conscience of humanity. Nonetheless, identifying these rules is important. This system was used throughout the areas that were under the dominance of the Persian Empire, including countries such as Iran, Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Georgia, Pakistan, Turkmenistan and Iraq. Based on the available evidence and numerous sources, it can be inferred that in this system, there were various civil law topics in written form, it can be claimed that this legal system was a codified. The origin of the legal rules in this legal system is religion, customs, cultures and Decrees of Shahs. The Persian legal system, during the Sassanian era, is influenced by the learnings of Zoroastrianism in some legal issues like personal status. It should be noted after the fall of the Sasanians; this legal system has no authority in any country. However, the rules related to the personal status of the Persian law are still valid for Zoroastrians in Iran. In this article, the author tries to analyse the legal issues of various topics of civil law in the Persian legal system by using the remaining authentic sources.
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