Commentaries by Oday Talal Mahmood

Toward the Effective Judicial Review in Iraq

April 6, 2018 03:00:08 pm

JUIRST Guest Columnist Oday Talal Mahmood of the University of Pittsburgh School of Law discusses the potential implications of judicial review in Iraq....In Iraq's Constitution of 2005, more than 67 of the 144 Articles include the language: "shall be regulated...

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