The Private Law Branch at the College of Law at the University of Baghdad held a symposium entitled (amicus curiae – A Comparative Study). The symposium was chaired by the lecturer in the private law branch (Professor Dr. Hamid Sultan) and commented on by the lecturer in the private law branch (Professor Haider Fleih) in the presence of a number of teachers and students College, Wednesday 3-22-2023 in the model courtroom in the college.
The symposium included several axes, including the definition of amicus curiae, the historical origin of amicus curiae, distinguishing amicus from suspected judicial procedures, the advantages and disadvantages of amicus curiae, and the scope of resorting to amicus curiae.
The aim of the symposium is to show the extent to which others may interfere in the case (in his capacity as a amicus curiae) by providing information that will help the court in issuing a judgment in it, despite the fact that he is not a party to that case, especially if this intervention is of his own accord (volunteer).
The symposium resulted in several recommendations, including calling on the Iraqi legislator to adopt the judicial procedure in the law of evidence in addition to both testimony and experience, especially with the useful information that can be provided by an amicus curiae to the latter.
