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On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran - Harvard Law School
- Harvard Law School hosted a book talk about Iran's criminal law and its origins after the 1979 revolution.
- The talk explains how forced de-westernization and de-modernization followed Iran's 1979 Islamic Revolution.
- Scholars analyze how Shi’ite Islamic jurisprudence informs Iran's civil order and theocratic governance.
- The discussion was moderated by Abadir M. Ibrahim, Associate Director of the Human Rights Program at HLS.
- Lunch was provided and the event was open to Harvard ID holders only.
- The talk situates criminal law as a central tool in Iran's theocratic governance model.
- The speaker Bahman Khodadadi is a post-doctoral fellow at the Harvard Radcliffe Institute.
- Khodadadi previously held fellowships at Harvard Law School and the Library of Congress.
- The event was co-organized by HLS’s Law and Society in the Muslim World program and the Human Rights Program.
- The talk is titled On Theocratic Criminal Law: The Rule of Religion and Punishment in Iran.
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