Iraqi Supreme Court Interprets Constitutional Provision Barring Laws From Violating Settled Rulings of Islam
Friday, February 25th, 2011An op-ed published on Jurist earlier this month discusses a little-noticed decision handed down last December by Iraq’s Federal Supreme Court which for the first time interpreted the provision in Iraq’s Constitution (Art. 2) prohibiting civil laws from violating “settled rulings” of Islam. At issue was a provision in Iraq’s Law of Evidence requiring contracts [...]
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