Iraq

Guide to Law and Policy
Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-7355-8484-6
Verlag: Aspen Publishers

Buch, Englisch, 480 Seiten

Reihe: Aspen Elective Series

This book offers the student, scholar, and policy-maker a comprehensive source to understand the American-Iraq experience in war and nation-building, the successes and failures since the 2003 regime change, and the way ahead.
 
- A thorough, ground level examination of the creation of the Iraqi constitution that looks into the social, judicial, and cultural factors that contributed to its final shape, with a special emphasis on the resulting electoral laws
- Up-to-date coverage of all areas of Iraqi policy, ranging from oil and the economy to the constitution, security, and elections. The material is unavailable in any other language, including Arabic
- The book allows students and policy-makers to think comprehensively about past mistakes, current choices and opportunities, and tactical and strategic courses of action in a key Middle Eastern country and major US foreign policy partner.
- Offers an essential tool for understanding the major issues and the choices required for well-informed policy decisions

Autoren/Hrsg.

Mallat, Chibli

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Ausländisches Recht Asien (inkl. Türkei und Naher Osten)
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Nationale und Internationale Sicherheits- und Verteidigungspolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Militärwesen Friedenssicherung, Krisenintervention
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction: Roads not Taken
2. From Mesopotamia to Iraq: A Timeline
3. Constitutional Issues
4. Judiciary and the Rule of Law
5. International Law and the UN
6. Economic Issues: Oil and Water

Über Autor(innen)

Professor Chibli Mallat is a recognized scholar and practitioner of Middle Eastern Law. He has worked closely with Iraqi leaders, including the current president of Iraq, as well as the Foreign Minister and Oil Minister. He is also the Senior Legal Advisor of the Global Justice Project: Iraq, a legal think tank supported by the US Department of State to assist the Government of Iraq on constitutional, judicial, and legislative reform