The Status of Public Interest in Iranian Administrative Law

Abstract

Since the 18^th century coincided with constitutionalism movement and the idea of democracy maturity, public interest theory as the main characteristic of the modern states have emerged. Thereby, in the modern administrative law, mechanisms of the achievement of the public interest, in line with the government's interaction with the people have been the main official objective. In Iranian administrative law, public interest is a new argument. According to the policy of decentralization, privatization, and the project of downsizing of government in the Enforcement Law of General Policies of Article 44 of the Constitution and the Law of Civil Service Management, as well as the use of new public management ideas in legislate the Law of Civil Service Management, it can be said that Iranian lawmakers need crossing the old concepts of the administrative law and seek to create a situation in which the interests of citizens are more appropriately provided in the field of administrative law.