Penalty For Constitutional Violations

Reaibin Salam Mohammed; Aram Nabee Mohammed; Salar Swar Ismael

doi:10.25212/lfu.qzj.3.4.30

Authors

Reaibin Salam Mohammed Legal administration Department / College of Law & International Relations / Lebanese French University\ Erbil
Aram Nabee Mohammed Law and International Relations Department/ Faculty of Law and International Relations/ Soran University
Salar Swar Ismael Law and International Relations Department/ Faculty of Law and International Relations/ Soran University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.25212/lfu.qzj.3.4.30

Keywords:

Constitution, violation, government parliament referendum Kurdistan region

Abstract

The purpose of this research is critical analyzing the penalty for constitutional violations. States have different perspective about the breaching of constitution and determining sentence for constitutional violators. In this paper, we depend on qualitative method by using case studies and comparing with each other. This legal paper divided into two parts. In the first part, Unconstitutional and Outlawed Political Parties will be argued by focusing on some cases in German and Turkey that related to violating their constitutions. In the second part, violating the constitution by government and parliament will be analyzed, for this purpose, the referendum of Kurdistan region and Catalans region as violation of constitution will be debated. Finally, the question is there any legal punishment for constitutional violations? Will be considered.

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