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Younes Vahedyarijan

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Open access 2026

Examining the Conflict Between Predominant Practical Custom and the Rationales of Legal Rulings in the Tension Between Tradition and Modernity

In traditional Imami jurisprudence, the concept of ʿurf (custom) has long been recognized under specific conditions. Although custom was not regarded as an independent source of ijtihād (independent legal reasoning), it was at least acknowledged under the scope of rational evidence by jurists and mujtahids. However, fo...

Narges Ansari, Younes Vahedyarijan, Fahimeh Malekzadeh · Interdisciplinary Studies in... · 0 citations

Review Open access 2023

Conflict Between the Judge’s Knowledge and Other Means of Proof (Testimony, Oath, Confession, and Presumption)

The primary research question is: in the event of a conflict between the judge’s knowledge and other means of proof, what are the criteria for precedence and preference, and how can a logical and fair balance be established between them? Furthermore, the question arises whether the judge’s knowledge can independently s...

F. Zeinali, Faezeh Moqtadaei, Younes Vahedyarijan · The Encyclopedia of Comparat... · 0 citations