1951 · Civil codes

Iraqi Civil Code

Iraq

Iraq's civil code, drafted with the help of Sanhuri, who wrote Egypt's code.

Why it matters

It extended the Egyptian model, with more Islamic-law sources, to Iraq.

Built on

1948

Egyptian Civil Code (Sanhuri)

Egypt

drafted by the same jurist and modelled on it

Went on to shape

No later text on this timeline is recorded as built on it.

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Iraq

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