Dear Sir/Madam:
The Iranian-American Bar Association (IABA) cordially invites you to the first event in The 2008 Speaker Series:
"Law and Society in Modern Iran: Examining Individual Rights, Constitutionalism, and Islamic Law."
Our distinguished speakers will be Dr. Ali Gheissari, Professor of History at the University of San Diego and Dr. Saïd Arjomand, Distinguished Service Professor of Sociology, State University of New York at Stony Brook. Abdi Shayesteh, Esq. of King & Spalding LLP will moderate the discussion.
In this seminar we will examine the concept of rights and constitutionalism in Iran as they exist today and have evolved since the Iranian Constitution of 1906. Our first speaker, Dr. Ali Gheissari, will examine the legal dimension of the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (1905-1911) with the concept of rights at its core, and the subsequent efforts to draft and ratify a standard Civil Law from the 1920s and onwards. Our second speaker, Dr. Saïd Amir Arjomand, will examine the constitutional developments in the Islamic Republic of Iran since its creation in 1979 highlighting the significance of Khomeini’s constitutional measures during the last year and a half of his life- which laid the foundation for the system of collective rule by clerical councils and set the parameters for Iran’s constitutional politics to the present. For more information about the speakers, please see below or the attached detailed agenda and description.
The event will be held on Wednesday May 7th at 7:00 pm at the office of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, Four Times Square, New York, NY. There is limited space for this event, so please RSVP your attendance before May 1st to the email or phone number.
Tickets are $10 for non-IABA members and free for IABA members. The $10 ticket price is tax deductible and will be used to further IABA's mission. The event is open to the public (not just attorneys). For attorneys, we have applied for CLE credit and anticipate that we will have approval by May 7th.
As part of our effort to create a forum to discuss timely and important topics for the Iranian community, we are pleased to have both of these distinguished scholars come to New York to discuss law and society in modern Iran from a legal and academic perspective. We hope that you will be able to join us.
Best regards,
Nooshin Soltani, Director of IABA
Hessam Kalantar, Director of IABA
Sam Toossi, Director of IABA
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