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JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that the Supreme Constitutional Court of Egypt's recent judgment disbanding the People's Assembly may result in a power imbalance between the three branches that could be...

JURIST Columnist Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that Iraq's handling of the violence perpetrated against an unpopular group of people may ultimately determine the type of state Iraq will evolve into over the...

JURIST Contributing Editor Haider Ala Hamoudi of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law says that a recent decision by Iraq's Federal Supreme Court is the first opportunity to understand the Court's position on the interpretation of Article 2 of...

 Iraqi military spokesperson Major General Qassim Atta said Monday that he is seeking the closure of the Bagdad offices of newspaper Al-Hayat and television network Al-Sharquiya after the two media outlets allegedly misquoted him in a...

JURIST Guest Columnist Kevin Govern of Ave Maria School of Law, Ann Arbor, MI, says that a viable Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA) and Strategic Framework Agreement between the US and Iraq governing future US troop presence in the country...

Iraq's three-member Presidency Council said Sunday that a bill allowing most former members of Saddam Huessein's Baath party to be reinstated to public life has become law. The controversial Accountability and Justice Law , passed by the...

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said Saturday that he supports a proposed law that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party to return to their old positions in government. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri...

Iraqi Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi said Thursday that he is opposed to a proposed law that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party to be reinstated to...

US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice Tuesday praised a bill passed Saturday by the Iraqi parliament that would allow most members of Saddam Hussein's now-defunct Baath Party to be reinstated to...

The Iraqi parliament on Saturday approved a bill that will allow most members of Saddam Hussein's now-defunct Baath Party to be reinstated to public life. The law, known as the Justice and Accountability...