ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Feisal Amin al Istrabadi

Feisal Amin al Istrabadi is the McRobbie Professor in Global Strategic Studies at Indiana University's Hamilton Lugar School of Global and International Studies and the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of the Middle East.

POSTS BY Feisal Amin al Istrabadi

05 August 2024

Taming the Shrew

On May 30th, Iraq’s Court of Cassation (CC) issued an unprecedented decision invalidating a previous ruling by the country’s highest court in the land, the Federal Supreme Court (FSC). The CC’s judicial coup and self-aggrandizement rests on a flawed doctrinal foundation and runs counter to the judicial hierarchy set out by Iraq’s constitution. Continue reading >>