A Critical Study of Principles of Social Rights

Social rights have a critical role not only in political، religious، and legal thinking، but also in social and economic management. Islam from its arising both in Islamic texts and in practice and Imams’ deeds emphasized on social rights for their role in preserving human dignity and providing the hard stones of a healthy religious society and has developed a legal and administrative system. On the contrary، in western systems there are no proper principles، pattern، and framework for social rights. Following the progressive Islamic thought، social rights system in Iran is manifested in different principles of the constitutional law of Islamic republic of Iran including: principle 3، article 4 (the insurance of widowed، old and guardianless women)، principle 28 (right of work)، principle 29 (right of social security)، principle 30 (right of education)، principle 31 (right of habitation). This article not only introduces philosophical background of social rights but also discusses their role in Islamic and Western thinking.