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Assistant Professor of the Humanities Research Institute (Islamic Encyclopedia) and Ph.D. student of Islamic Azad University, Science and Research Branch of Tehran
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Ph.D. student of jurisprudence and the basics of Islamic law, Imam Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution
Abstract
The gradual growth in liability proportionate to the degree of understanding based on age criterion, is among the worldly accepted approaches for realization of justice, hence a sign of social equity. In the majority of Muslim countries, there are minimum and maximum age requirements or incomplete criminal responsibility for a person to be subject to criminal liability. The ongoing approach in Muslim nations is to keep the children and young adults away from the judiciary system as far as possible. The laws chiefly consider emotional, intellectual and mental maturity irrespective of gender in determining the age for full criminal responsibility. The majority of them, however, have insisted on prohibition of exercising heavy punishments such as capital punishment and life imprisonment for under-eighteen youth. With respect to Imam Khomeini’s religious decrees, where he rules by virtue of the principle of dar’ (prohibition of enforcement of an order due to doubt) we can claim his view is in the same direction with this approach
Hosseini Ahaq,M. and Khani,Z. (2016). The Age of Criminal Responsibility for Children in View of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Penal Code(Comparative Study with Penal Codes of Muslim Countries). Matin Research Journal, 18(70), 47-65.
MLA
Hosseini Ahaq,M. , and Khani,Z. . "The Age of Criminal Responsibility for Children in View of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Penal Code(Comparative Study with Penal Codes of Muslim Countries)", Matin Research Journal, 18, 70, 2016, 47-65.
HARVARD
Hosseini Ahaq M., Khani Z. (2016). 'The Age of Criminal Responsibility for Children in View of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Penal Code(Comparative Study with Penal Codes of Muslim Countries)', Matin Research Journal, 18(70), pp. 47-65.
CHICAGO
M. Hosseini Ahaq and Z. Khani, "The Age of Criminal Responsibility for Children in View of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Penal Code(Comparative Study with Penal Codes of Muslim Countries)," Matin Research Journal, 18 70 (2016): 47-65,
VANCOUVER
Hosseini Ahaq M., Khani Z. The Age of Criminal Responsibility for Children in View of Imam Khomeini and Islamic Penal Code(Comparative Study with Penal Codes of Muslim Countries). Matin, 2016; 18(70): 47-65.
