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‘Shoe thrower’ trial adjourned

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The trial of the Iraqi television journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush was adjourned after 90 minutes on Thursday 19 February 2009 until 12 March 2009. Journalist, Muntader al-Zaidi, appeared at the Central Criminal Court, charged with assaulting a foreign leader. He was briefly questioned before the chief judge of the three judge […]

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‘Shoe thrower’ trial adjourned

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The trial of the Iraqi television journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush was adjourned after 90 minutes on Thursday 19 February 2009 until 12 March 2009. Journalist, Muntader al-Zaidi, appeared at the Central Criminal Court, charged with assaulting a foreign leader. He was briefly questioned before the chief judge of the three judge […]

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New Minister of Justice

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The Council of Representatives on Thursday 19 February 2009 voted to designate Judge Dara Nur al-Din as the new Minister of Justice. Judge Nur al-Din, as a Civil Court of Appeal judge in Baghdad, declared a decree by Saddam Hussein to be unconstitutional which led to his imprisonment in 2002. An independent Kurd, he was […]

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Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law

The Yearbook of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law is an excellent and overpriced resource published by Kluwer for the Centre of Islamic and Middle Eastern Law at the University of London. Dating back to the early 1990s and now in its 13th volume, YIMEL contains an annual update of legal developments in each state in […]

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Blog: Islamic Law in Our Times

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In his Islamic Law in Our Times blog, subtitled “A Realistic Assessment of Islamic Law in Today’s World” – Professor Haidar Hamoudi, Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Pittsburgh and GJPI’s Constitutional and Legislative advisor, has been blogging on this subject since November 2007. His excellent, thought provoking entries are essential reading in […]

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United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq: Update

نێرده‌ی نه‌ته‌وه‌ یه‌كگرتووه‌كان بۆ هاوكاریكردنی عیراق بعثـة الأمم المتحـدة لمســاعدة العـــراق – يونـامـي UNAMI operates under UN Security Council Resolutions 1830, 1770, 1700, 1619, 1557, 1546 and 1500 with a mandate to advise, support and assist the Goverment and people of Iraq in a variety of ways including the development of processes for holding elections […]

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Council of Representatives مجلس النواب العراقي

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The Council of Representatives (Iraqi Parliament) is at present the only legislative body. The constitution also provides for the establishment of a Federation Council but this has not yet been put into place. The Council of Representatives مجلس النواب العراقي website contains information in Arabic and in English on the matters proceeding through Parliament and […]

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Official Gazette of Iraq (Al-Waqai Al-Iraqiya) الوقائع العراقية

The Official Gazette of Iraq الوقائع العراقية (Alwaqai Aliraqiya) has been published since August 1922 as a means of introducing legal measures into force via publication. The Law on Publication in the Official Gazette No. 78 of 1977 states in Article 1(Second) “Everything published in the Official Gazette is considered as the credible official text […]

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Iraqi Judicial Authority السلطة القضائية العراقية

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The Iraqi Judicial Authority السلطة القضائية العراقية website contains links to and information about the Federal Supreme Court and the Higher Judicial Council. The excellent site contains the Federal Supreme Court’s opinions on constitutional interpretation under Article 93(2) of the Constitution and other matters; their decisions on contested cases brought before the court and appeals from the Shura Council […]

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