On invitation by President Talabani, Professor Chibli Mallat, visiting Suleymaniye, discussed the Constitution with the President and Iraqi leaders including Deputy Prime Minister Dr. Barham Saleh, several Ministers and Dr. Fouad Massoum (pictured), Deputy-Chair of the Constitutional Review Committee.
Read MoreApril Powell-Willingham, Chibli Mallat, Hiram Chodosh, Vincent Battle, Alan Zangana, Rashid Asali and Munaf Hamed met with newly elected Speaker Iyad Sammaraie at the Council of Representatives on May 5, 2009.
Read MoreBaghdad: The Al-Bayina newspaper reported on 12 May 2009 that MP Abbas al-Bayati, had announced the formation of a sub-committee within the Constitutional Review Committee (CRC) of the Council of Representatives to consider the possibility of further constitutional amendments during the current parliamentary session or whether they should be carried over to the next session. Al-Bayati […]
Read MoreThe implementation of the Civil Code 40 of 1951 is achieved by means of the Civil Procedure Code 83 of 1969 (this version as enacted – unamended) and the Civil Evidence Law 107 of Year 1979.
Read MoreThe implementation of the Civil Code 40 of 1951 is achieved by means of the Civil Procedure Code 83 of 1969 (this version as enacted – unamended) and the Civil Evidence Law 107 of Year 1979.
Read MoreThe Iraqi Civil Code was principally drafted by Abd al-Razzaq Al-Sanhūrī, a French-educated Egyptian jurist who was also the principal drafter of the Egyptian Civil Code of 1949. It replaced the 1877 Ottoman Majalla, the archetype for all codified Middle Eastern civil law. In 1943, Al-Sanhūrī was invited to Iraq by the Iraqi government and […]
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