municipal law

Cities have a dual face. Civilization, beauty, peace and order are evident in some of them; in others, discrimination, violence, conflict and dissatisfaction have become institutionalized and the city has degraded to the level of a large penitentiary.
Law, as a tool for coexistence and regulation, plays a fundamental role in the formation of a justice-oriented city and confronting the lawless city, and with its help, the path through polluted, poor and violent cities is paved. Iran will not pass this terrifying passage without rethinking its urban governance method.
Urban planning law is a sign of birth and modernization in the scope of public law. The growth of a new branch from the old trunk of Iranian law is promising and evidence of the responsibility of the legal community against the widespread deviations of urban planning and urban management in an era where personal profiteering prevails over public interests.
This article seeks to introduce the essence, subject, scope, status, and usefulness of urban planning law in a descriptive-analytical manner and as a product of thought in the works of prominent Iranian thinkers and French jurists, as well as the important opinions of judges of the courts and the Administrative Court of Justice. The author aims to outline the legal path to achieving the desired state by criticizing and examining the current situation.