Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American Law

How do new technologies affect the way we interpret legal texts? This is, on its face, an enormous question. Technology and science are ever-expanding in a rapid pace but, legislatures are often one step behind. This fact raises an important question: How do emerging developments in science and tech...

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Main Authors: Reza Pourmohammadi, Rahim Nobahar
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Language:fas
Published: University of Qom 2022-09-01
Series:پژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب
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Online Access:https://csiw.qom.ac.ir/article_2193_2b398f79caccaa6edb4ec91e99e428f7.pdf
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description How do new technologies affect the way we interpret legal texts? This is, on its face, an enormous question. Technology and science are ever-expanding in a rapid pace but, legislatures are often one step behind. This fact raises an important question: How do emerging developments in science and technology affect the way we interpret legal texts? One could fill many volumes in an effort to engage this issue in a serious way. But we can also learn a great deal about the larger subject by asking a more modest question: Can general old terms cover emerging developments that did not exist before? In this article, we, firstly, show applying general terms to emerging developments is an accepted method in Imami jurisprudence and American law. Secondly, a distinction must be made between emerging developments that could not have been dreamed of before or seemed impossible and emerging developments that could have been anticipated by an ordinary man.
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spelling doaj.art-1cac8b42b28d42e3bc5b6019e972977f2024-03-31T19:12:21ZfasUniversity of Qomپژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب2476-42132476-42212022-09-0193659410.22091/csiw.2022.7729.22102193Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American LawReza Pourmohammadi0Rahim Nobahar1Phd Student of Private lawAssociate Professor, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University.How do new technologies affect the way we interpret legal texts? This is, on its face, an enormous question. Technology and science are ever-expanding in a rapid pace but, legislatures are often one step behind. This fact raises an important question: How do emerging developments in science and technology affect the way we interpret legal texts? One could fill many volumes in an effort to engage this issue in a serious way. But we can also learn a great deal about the larger subject by asking a more modest question: Can general old terms cover emerging developments that did not exist before? In this article, we, firstly, show applying general terms to emerging developments is an accepted method in Imami jurisprudence and American law. Secondly, a distinction must be made between emerging developments that could not have been dreamed of before or seemed impossible and emerging developments that could have been anticipated by an ordinary man.https://csiw.qom.ac.ir/article_2193_2b398f79caccaa6edb4ec91e99e428f7.pdfgeneral termsnew issuesjudge scaliatextualism
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Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American Law
پژوهش تطبیقی حقوق اسلام و غرب
general terms
new issues
judge scalia
textualism
title Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American Law
title_full Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American Law
title_fullStr Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American Law
title_full_unstemmed Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American Law
title_short Interpretation of General Terms and Emerging Developments; A Comparative Study of Imami Jurisprudence and American Law
title_sort interpretation of general terms and emerging developments a comparative study of imami jurisprudence and american law
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new issues
judge scalia
textualism
url https://csiw.qom.ac.ir/article_2193_2b398f79caccaa6edb4ec91e99e428f7.pdf
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