Constitutional Reform in Iraq .. Problems and Suggestions

Constitutions are the mainstay in every modern state, and a state cannot be imagined in our Contemporary world without a basic law or constitutional document – written or unwritten – representing the basic and general rules in which the political, legal, social and economic institutions are organized in the structure of the state, in essence, it regulates the relationship between power and freedom and defines its guarantees.

Constitutions, as well, are the result of the social and political conditions from which they emanate. It carries the ideas and perceptions of those who formulate it, according to the backgrounds to which they belong – the founders- socially, Intellectually and Politically.

Moreover, constitutional experiences in various western and eastern countries have undergone to continuous restoration, maintenance and modification processes, in order to avoid shortages and gaps; Because it written by humans who expose error and negligence as well as correctness and prudence on the one hand, and on the other hand to keep pace with political, social and economic developments and changes in the course of society and the state and institutions, and these are the experiences of many countries that have practiced the process of amending their constitutions, In front is the American Constitution, which is the first written constitution and describes who wrote it (Demigods), But it has been amended more than 25 times.