Nasreddin A. W. The Federal Supreme Court in Iraq and the Constitutional Court in Algeria Structure and Jurisdiction (A Comparative Study)

Abstract

The preset research deals with a historical overview of the Supreme Courts in Iraq in the Constitution of the Royal Era called the Basic Law of the Kingdom of Iraq in 1925 and the Republican Era in the Constitution of 1968, as the Constitutions of 1958, 1963, 1964 and 1970 were devoid of any reference to any constitutional court. The focus is basically on the Federal Supreme Court in the Iraqi State Administration Law for the Transitional Period in 2004 and in the Constitution of the Republic of Iraq in 2005 which went through two stages, and then the Constitutional Council which was transformed into the Constitutional Court in Algeria. Then the structure of the Federal Supreme Court in Iraq, which consisted of three categories: judges, Muslim experts and legal scholars is dealt with. Also, the structure of the Constitutional Court in Algeria and is tackled and then the jurisdiction of the two courts is explained. The research has reached a set of conclusions and recommendations that may benefit the structure and jurisdiction related to the Federal Supreme court.