Although Iran and Iraq have so many aspects in common –such as: both governments are "republic", and they both have some Islamic implications in their political-legal systems- there is many differences between their legal structure and dominant systems; which can have roots in differences of different conditions under which the constitutions were written, as well as other elements such as: different histories of states, previous political status, and other structural differences. These factors caused Iranian constitution –against its writers' will- to be unsuccessful in leading neighbor countries.
We can see the differences in three legal aspects: differences in dominant foundations and spirit of constitution law, different legal-political macro-structures – which lead Iranian dominant system to be simple, versus Iraqi dominant system that is federal-; and finally different status and rule of three powers and officials; that can be derived from their job description, tasks and the procedure of application
Salahi, S., & Bahadori Jahromi, A. (2012). Constitutional Structures of Islamic Republic of
Iran and Republic of Iraq: a Comparative Study. Comparative Law Review, 3(2), 65-82. doi: 10.22059/jcl.2012.32112
MLA
Sohrab Salahi; Ali Bahadori Jahromi. "Constitutional Structures of Islamic Republic of
Iran and Republic of Iraq: a Comparative Study". Comparative Law Review, 3, 2, 2012, 65-82. doi: 10.22059/jcl.2012.32112
HARVARD
Salahi, S., Bahadori Jahromi, A. (2012). 'Constitutional Structures of Islamic Republic of
Iran and Republic of Iraq: a Comparative Study', Comparative Law Review, 3(2), pp. 65-82. doi: 10.22059/jcl.2012.32112
VANCOUVER
Salahi, S., Bahadori Jahromi, A. Constitutional Structures of Islamic Republic of
Iran and Republic of Iraq: a Comparative Study. Comparative Law Review, 2012; 3(2): 65-82. doi: 10.22059/jcl.2012.32112
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