Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University
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Seyed Mohammad Ghari Seyed Fatemi
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University
In this article the issue of monitoring public election has been examined form the view point of the right to self-determination. Analyzing moral foundations of individuals right to participate in public election as a manifestation of the right to self - determination in social life, the right to elect and the right to be elected have been considered as two sides of a coin. Moral and legal restrictions of these two rights also have been discussed in this article. Distinguishing between "being right and having right", it is argued that in the "level of being right" Qur'anic teachings recognize "the right to be wrong" as a basic moral right. of all the above theoretical framework, the necessity of a guaranteed monitoring system rather than a restricted one (i.e.,» monitor that restricts the right to vote). Is suggested A justified monitoring system, therefore, is the one according to which the right of individuals to determine their own social affairs via public election is institutionally guaranteed.
Received: 2012/04/30 | Accepted: 2012/04/30 | Published: 2012/04/30