Title: Examining the position of organic laws within the Constitutional Bloc: an analysis of constitutional court decisions in France and Iraq

Authors: Ahmed Oudah Al-Dulaimi; Jacob Deem; Léa Boinnard

Addresses: College of Law and Political Sciences, University of Anbar, Iraq; CDPC, Université Panthéon-Assas-Paris2, France ' Faculty of Law, Bond University, Australia ' CURAPP-ESS, Université de Picardie Jules Verne, France

Abstract: This paper examines the position of organic laws within the Constitutional Bloc, based on the influence of constitutional court decisions in France and Iraq. Through analysing the constitutional court decisions, this article seeks to provide a deeper understanding of the importance and status of organic laws within the constitutional system. The importance of this study is highlighted by the controversial argument emerging from the extent to which organic laws are considered one of the components of the Constitutional Bloc and thus give it a constitutional value. Based on a case study approach, this paper focused on the constitutional court decisions to reach the result that a kind of hierarchy can be found between the constitutional rules, and organic laws are one of these rules. Such hierarchy can assist the constitutional judges to examine the position of the organic law within the Constitutional Bloc.

Keywords: organic law; Constitutional Bloc; constitutional court; constitutional value.

DOI: 10.1504/IJPLAP.2025.147230

International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 2025 Vol.11 No.3, pp.281 - 305

Received: 02 Oct 2023
Accepted: 31 Dec 2023
Published online: 14 Jul 2025 *

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