Political Predispositions of Constitutional Judges and their Impact on Causation of Judgments in Iraq
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This research examines the hypothesis that constitutional judges in Iraq may invoke their values, orientations and beliefs in their review of the constitutionality of a specific law. Can the judge use these values, especially the political ones, in the decision’s rationale? This hypothesis is based on two considerations, the first is that the Iraqi constitution in force, opens a wide way for the constitutional judge when providing several sources that the they should refer to when examining the constitutionality of laws, which are Islam’s settled rulings and democracy, as well as the basic rights and freedoms contained in the constitution. The second consideration is that the constitutional judge is in direct contact with the political life in light of the process of their selection as a judge of the constitutional court which is often carried out by a political party. Also, the fundamental nature of cases under review are political matters. Therefore, it is difficult to strip the constitutional judge from their inclinations and tendencies, otherwise, he/she will become as a mere machine. The research concludes that it is necessary to give the constitutional judge a completely different work limitation from the ordinary judge that is often restricted by the legal text, where the limitations of the constitutional judge must be expanded in a way that balances the legal approach and political predispositions.
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