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Al Mahdi Institute

AMI Faculty

Ayatollah Professor Rahim Nobahar

Professor of Islamic Legal Studies

Islamic Law
Islamic Theology
Comparative jurisprudence
Criminology & Criminal Law

Biography

Ayatollah Professor Rahim Nobahar is a Senior Lecturer in Islamic Legal Studies at Al-Mahdi Institute and a Professor of Law at Shahid Beheshti University in Tehran, Iran, where he has taught since 2001. He has previously taught at Mofid University (Qom) and the Ḥawza ʿIlmiyya. He studied at the Ḥawza ʿIlmiyya of Qom between 1980 and 2001, studying a wide array of subjects that make of the curriculum of the Ḥawza. In addition to this, he has a PhD in Criminal Law from Shahid Beheshti University and two LLMs in Law and Criminal Law and Criminology, both from Mofid University. He is the author of a dozen books and numerous academic articles and has presented at several conferences in Iran and around the world

  • Lecturer, Al-Mahdi Institute — Islamic Law and Theology. 
  • Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University

Capital Punishment: An Islamic Perspective R Nobahar, Criminal Law and Criminology Modares 1 (1), 145-170

An Analysis of the Essence of the Relation between Justice and Peace R Nobahar, A Sadeqi, Legal Research Quarterly 27 (4), 53-72

The Role of Ignorance of Law in Criminal Responsibility According to Virtue Ethics Theory R Nobahar, M Ghanbarian Banooee, Legal Research Quarterly

Optimizing Resource Allocation within the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran: A Comparative Study R Nobahar, F Saffari, Iranian Journal of International and Comparative Law 2 (1)

The Challenges of Optimization of Resource Allocation in the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran R NOBAHAR, M Ghasemi, F Saffari, The Judiciarys Law Journal 88 (127), 271-296

Feasibility of Mandating Maternal Health and Hygiene Observance for Fetal Well-Being in International Documents R Nobahar, M Roshan, F Abiri, Judgment 24 (118), 1-27

Factual ignorance and criminal responsibility according to virtue ethics theory R Nobahar, M Ghanbarian Banooee, Criminal law and Criminology Studies 53 (2), 285-265

Contextualism in Ayatollāh Borūjerdī’s Jurisprudential Methodology R Nobahar, Critical Research on Religion 12 (1)

Certification Ethics R Nobahar, A Festschrift for Dr. Hossein Mehrpour; In the Middle of Human Rights 

Studying The Optimal Distribution of Resources in The Criminal Justice System of The Islamic Republic of Iran in The Light of The Experiences of Other Countries R Nobahar, F Saffari, Encyclopaedia of Economic Law Journal 31 (25), 183

Criminal Liability from the Perspective of Virtue Ethics R Nobahar, K Mahmoodiyan Esfahani, Criminal Law Research 15 (29), 163-177

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