Presentation of Iraqi Legal Database

Phase III

Presentation Outline1. The ILD’s homepage. 2. Searching by Reference. 3. Searching by Subject. 4. Searching by Index. 5. Using Free Search. 6. The way in which a text is presented

in the ILD.

1. The ILD’s Home Page

User Guide

About

Search by reference

Search by subject

Search by index

Free Search

Dropdown menu: regulation, decision, order, etc.

Law number

Date of law

Issuing authority

Law in force (Valid or Invalid)

Free search within the law’s title

Search New Search

2. Searching by Reference

Type of law

Arabic Keyboard

2 .Searching by Reference - List of Results

Lists of the specific search terms used

Number of results

Number of pages of results

Title of text (with hyperlink)

Indicates that the law has been

modified

Indicates that the law has

been repealed

Type of textNumberDate of text Issuing authority

The list of results is set

out here

3 .Searching by Subject

“Level 1” dropdown menu (commercial law, criminal law, transport law, etc.)

“Level 2” dropdown menu (secondary categories vary depending on which

“level 1” is selected )

“Level 3” sub-subcategories are displayed here

3 .Searching by Subject – Results

Click here to compare national legislation in relation to this topic with legislation from the Kurdish

Region

The list of results is set

out here

3. Searching by Subject - Comparative Display

Sets out, on the right hand side, the national

laws in relation to a particular area of law, and on the left hand side the equivalent

laws that are in force in the Kurdish region

4 .Searching by Index

Free search on index titles

Click here to displaythe index sub title (Level 2)

Click here to browse all laws related to this title

Level 1, Six areas of law Code(Civil, Criminal,

Commercial, Property, Banking,

Labor and social security)

have been codified

Click here to expand the index tree title

Click here to displaythe index title tree

4. Searching by Index – Results

Where a search in the index titles has been

carried out, the original search terms

are set out here

Hyperlinks to the results appear automatically

5 .Using Free Search

This exact wording or phrase

And

Or

By clicking here, the ILD will run the search with all

available synonyms as well as the original search terms

Type search terms here

5. Using Free Search – Results Page

Results are listed here

The specific terms used in the search (as well as any

synonyms run by the ILDare set out here

6. Individual Results

Classification

Issuing authority

Type of law

Law Number

Date of issuance

Status (valid or not)

Title of law

Full reference

Number of PagesNumber of articles in the retrieved text

Text of article

Print

Legislative historySubsequent laws PDF version

Free search on retrieved text

6. Individual Results – Modified texts

The original article appears

in red here

The up to date version of the

text appears here

Where a particulartext has been modified by a

subsequent law, full details are provided here

Hyperlinks to all the related texts

appear automatically

6. Individual Results – Text obtained through Free Search

Where a result is obtained through a free

search, the relevant search terms are

highlighted in the text itself

6. Individual Results – Results in PDF format for Laws

By clicking here, the relevant

document opens in PDF format for

law

6. Individual Results

In the event the retrieved text has a large number of articles, click here to

see all the texts’ provisions

Click here to see all court decisions relating to this particular article

6. Individual Results – Court Decisions

By clicking on the “related court decisions”

link, a window with full details of all court decisions related to

a particular article opens

Number of related court decisions

Type of decision (appeal, etc.)

Issuing authority

Decision number

Date of decision

Name of the court that issued the decision

Hyperlinks to the decisions themselves

6. Individual Results – Text of Court Decisions

Type of decision

Issuing authority

Decision number

Date of decision

Name of the court that issued the decision

Text of Court Decisions

Print PDF version

Hyperlinks to all the related texts

appear automatically

6. Individual Results – Results in PDF format for Court Decisions

By clicking here, the relevant

document opens in PDF format for Court Decisions

www.iraq-ild.org

THE END- THANK YOU -