The Challenges of Optimization of Resource Allocation in the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran

NOBAHAR, RAHIM; Ghasemi, Mojtaba; Saffari, Fateme

doi:10.22106/jlj.2024.2000428.5261

The Challenges of Optimization of Resource Allocation in the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran

Document Type : Research/Original/Regular Article

Authors

RAHIM NOBAHAR ¹

Mojtaba Ghasemi ²

fateme saffari ³

¹ Associate Professor, Department of Islamic Law, Faculty of Law, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran

² Assistant professor, Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law, Law and Economics, Department of Public Law and Economic Law, Tehran, Iran

³ PhD candidate, Shahid Beheshti University, Faculty of Law, Department of Criminal Law and Criminology, Tehran, Iran

10.22106/jlj.2024.2000428.5261

Abstract

The present study deals with challenges in the current structure of the Judiciary of the Islamic Republic of Iran regarding efficient allocation and proper management of financial resources. The findings of this descriptive and analytical study show that in effect the budgeting structure of Iran's Judiciary does not accept optimization and efficiency. Of major challenges of resource allocation are arbitrary allocation of resources regardless of long-term and middle-term planning, the lack of proper standards for measuring the performance of the plans and control of the results, the lack of fiscal discipline, the excessive influence of non-scientific bargaining and negotiations on the process of budgeting, relying merely upon incremental budgeting, failure to use of a suitable and efficient accounting system, the lack of accurate accounting information, the lack of transparency, and inefficiency of supervisory mechanisms of other powers on financial performance of the Judiciary. Also, the article proposes some suggestions and solutions to overcome such an undesirable situation.

Keywords

Judiciary of I.R.I

Independence of the judiciary

financial supervision

budgeting

judicial planning

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