Penn State International Law Review Volume 26 Article 7 Number 2 Penn State International Law Review 9-1-2007 It Looks Good on Paper: An Examination of Why the New Iraqi Constitution's Vague and Contradictory Language May Handicap It from the Start Nicholas D. Palmer Follow this and additional works at: http://elibrary.law.psu.edu/psilr Recommended Citation Palmer, Nicholas D. (2007) "It Looks Good on Paper: An Examination of Why the New Iraqi Constitution's Vague and Contradictory Language May Handicap It from the Start," Penn State International Law Review: Vol. 26: No. 2, Article 7. Available at: http://elibrary.law.psu.edu/psilr/vol26/iss2/7 This Comment is brought to you for free and open access by the Law Reviews and Journals at Penn State Law eLibrary. It has been accepted for inclusion in Penn State International Law Review by an authorized administrator of Penn State Law eLibrary. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. Comments I "It Looks Good On Paper": An Examination of Why the New Iraqi Constitution's Vague and Contradictory Language May Handicap It from the Start Nicholas D. Palmer* An iron curtain of fundamentalism risks falling over Iraq, with particularly grievous implications for girls and women. I. Introduction At the close of the Cold War a wave of democracy and economic * 2007 Recipient of Pennsylvania State University's Richard Reeve Baxter Award for outstanding legal scholarship and student comment in the field of international law. J.D. Candidate, The Pennsylvania State University Dickinson School of Law, 2008; B.S., magna cure laude, The University of North Texas, 2005.