Public Law Branch

The branch of public law was established with the rest of the branches in the College of Law-University of Baghdad under Regulation No. 8 of 1939, and the branch started a postgraduate study (LLM.) in 1967-1968, and a PhD. degree in the academic year of 1974-1975.

This branch plays a pivotal role in legal specializations in general, as its constitutional, administrative, and financial sciences form the backbone of legal studies.  Moreover, most of them contributed to providing studies and providing legal advice to state institutions, and they had an active role in activating the legislative movement and its development in Iraq. The public law branch is keen that its affiliates, students, and professors enjoy a distinguished position among the branches and departments of law faculties, through the quality of the academic programs it adopts and the unique achievements in the field of scientific research, as well as the contribution to community service and the development of its members.

The public law branch employs its specializations in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law, public finance and tax legislation, and labor and social security law, graduating qualified specialists who are qualified to educate and develop people and spread legal culture among them by providing distinguished legal education, and in this context, it seeks to develop new studies that are in line with the needs of public affairs in society.

The public law branch is concerned with the organization of postgraduate, master’s and doctoral studies in the following specializations:

The number of students graduating as highly qualified academics who undertake academic tasks in Iraqi universities, as well as in the judiciary, the rest of the state departments, its various ministries, and the State Council, since the branch of public law and over the years produced an elite group of jurists in the aforementioned specializations. They had an important role in society and political life. The branch looks forward to The public law branch aims to hold specialized scientific conferences within the framework of the general branch, the latest of which was the conference that was held in 2018, in addition to participating in the study of the Professional Diploma in Anti-Corruption in terms of teaching and supervising students. The scientific staff of teachers who hold certificates and scientific titles continue the scientific and research giving.

Vision 

The Public Law Branch is keen to ensure that its affiliates, both students and professors, have a distinguished position. It has a distinguished position among the departments of faculties of law, through the quality of the academic programs it adopts and through its unique achievements in the field of scientific research, as well as its contribution to community service and the development of its members.

Message

The Public Law Branch employs its specializations in the areas of constitutional law, administrative law, public financial affairs, and financial legislation. graduates, competent specialists qualified to educate and develop people and disseminate the legal culture among them, by providing distinguished legal education, and seeks, in this context, to develop new studies that are in line with the needs required by public affairs in society.

Goals

The Public Law Branch seeks to reach several goals and objectives, including: