Laya Joneydi Explained

Laya Joneydi
Order:	Vice President of Iran for Legal Affairs
Term Start:	9 August 2017
Term End:	1 September 2021
President:	Hassan Rouhani
Predecessor:	Majid Ansari
Successor:	Mohammad Dehghan
Alma Mater:	University of Tehran Harvard University
Native Name Lang:	fa

Laya Joneidi (Persian: لعیا جنیدی) is an Iranian lawyer and associate professor of private law at University of Tehran, who served as the vice president for legal affairs in the administration of President Hassan Rouhani.^[1]

From 2002 to 2003, she worked on research "A Comparative Study of Commercial Arbitration in Islamic Law and Other Major Contemporary Legal Systems" at Harvard Law School.^[2]

Views

Joneydi maintains that procedural justice is "inquisitorial and accusatorial".^[3] She believes "there is no hindrance that prevents women from serving in judicial posts in Islam".^[4]

External links

• Academic webpage
• Joneydi & Associates International Law Firm

Notes and References

1. Web site: Iran's President Hassan Rouhani names two female Vice Presidents. The Indian Express. 9 August 2017. 9 August 2017.
2. Web site: People. Harvard Law School. 9 August 2017. 9 August 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170809211641/http://ilsp.law.harvard.edu/fellows-archive/. 9 August 2017. dead.
3. Web site: Principle of Independence and Impartiality of the Judge: A Comparative Study - Dr. Laya Joneydi, Tehran University, Tehran. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law (BIICL). 9 August 2017. 1 December 2007.
4. Web site: Iranian Professor Discusses Women and Law. Sohaib Naim. The Oberlin Review. 9 August 2017. 28 September 2007.