The sovereign, the time and the law: a reading of Carl Schmitt – thinking about constitution-making post bellum in Iraq 2003
This abstract is an outline for a talk on the Sovereign in times of war, occupation and post war legal (re)construction. The example to be investigated is the U.S.-led invasion and subsequent occupation of Iraq in 2003 and the following years, and the process of creating a constitution for Iraq during this time period. The issue of sovereignty in the process of constitution making during war and