Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business Volume 11 | Issue 4 Article 2 2012 Jus Post Bellum in Iraq: The evelopmeD nt of Emerging Norms for Economic Reform in Post Conflict Countries Christina C. Benson Elon University Follow this and additional works at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/global Part of the Comparative and Foreign Law Commons, and the International Law Commons Recommended Citation Christina C. Benson, Jus Post Bellum in Iraq: The Development of Emerging Norms for Economic Reform in Post Conflict Countries, 11 Rich. J. Global L. & Bus. 315 (2012). Available at: http://scholarship.richmond.edu/global/vol11/iss4/2 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UR Scholarship Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in Richmond Journal of Global Law & Business by an authorized administrator of UR Scholarship Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. JUS POST BELLUM IN IRAQ: THE DEVELOPMENT OF EMERGING NORMS FOR ECONOMIC REFORM IN POST CONFLICT COUNTRIES Christina C. Benson1 ABSTRACT: Finally emerging from decades of conflict and isolation, Iraq has endured three devastating wars, the demise of the Saddam Hus- sein regime, the end of international economic sanctions, and the pro- tracted process of approving a constitution and forming a new democratically elected government. The nation’s emergence from war, and efforts to build the foundations of stable governance and economic growth, provides a fascinating case study for analyzing new interna- tional norms promoting the “rule of law” in post-conflict countries. This paper addresses arguments that early legal and economic reforms implemented by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) and the Iraqi Interim Government (IIG) in Iraq during 2003-2005 may have violated the principle of “conservation” in international humani- tarian law.