The theory of Walayat-i Faqih is now a quite familiar theory in public. Its concrete experience in the domain of social ad¬ministration has created a well-articulated mentality of itself by all politicians. The remarkable differences of Walayat-i Faqih regime with other kinds of regimes necessitate a study of its foundations, principles, effects and outcomes. Walayat-i Faqih, The Jurisdiction of Jurisprudence and Justice represents such a study based on the authentic Islamic sources and issues.

Abdollah Javadi-Amoli is an Iranian Twelver Shi'a Marja. He is a conservative Iranian politician and one of the prominent Islamic scholars of the Hawza in Qom. The official website for his scientific foundation, Isra, describes him as a well-known, outstanding thinker in various fields of Islamic sciences and a distinguished figure in exegesis, jurisprudence, philosophy and mysticism. It is further states that his ideas and views have been reinforcing the Islamic Republic of Iran since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, and that "his strategic and enlightening guidance" has been "extremely constructive" during the past three decades.