The Criterias and Principles of Security Preferring on Rights and Freedoms with Study on U.S. Supreme Court Precedent

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1 Assistant Professor Public Law, University of Judicial Sciences and Administrative Services

2 Ph.D student of public law, university of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

In administration of society, the confrontation between security and order with rights and freedoms is possible and it raises this question that what can be the solution for these conditions? It seems in this circumstances, The only option is to prefer security and order to the rights and freedoms and restrict them to achieve new and desirable balance. But, without a doubt, we can not issue a ruling of preferring security on rights and freedoms without the determination of criteria and principles in this regard. The subject of this article was to examine this issue in the U. S. Supreme Court's precedent. Ours finding shows the achievement to the “true threat to violence” and study of that in light of “definite threats” and “necessity” and adopt them as criteria for preferring security and order on rights and freedoms in U. S. Supreme Court precedent and governing of this principles: A) Rule of Law, B) Protecting a fair trial, C) Reasonableness of restrictions, D) Non-discrimination in the stage of decision-making and before preferring security and order on rights and freedoms and “Judicial Review” after make a decision on preferring security.

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Comparative Law Review
Volume 9, Issue 2
Autumn & Winter
October 2018
Pages 779-804

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