Internal Conflict Between Federal Government and Kurdistan Regional Government Laws Regarding Oil Contracts (An Analytical Study)

Abdullah, Yassin Ismail; Hamed, Abdullah Fadhil

doi:10.37651/aujlps.2025.166789.1676

	Internal Conflict Between Federal Government and Kurdistan Regional Government Laws Regarding Oil Contracts (An Analytical Study)
Journal of Anbar University for Law and Political Sciences
Article 7, Volume 16, Issue: 3, September 2026, Pages 141-172 PDF (664.4 K)
Document Type: Research Paper
DOI: 10.37651/aujlps.2025.166789.1676
Authors
Yassin Ismail Abdullah^* ; Abdullah Fadhil Hamed
College of Law, University of Duhok
Abstract
The issue of the internal conflict of laws concerning oil and gas contracts in federal Iraq is of paramount importance within the framework of private international law. This is due to jurisprudential differences regarding the extent to which this type of conflict falls within the scope of this branch of law, as well as the lack of a clear mechanism for its resolution. Therefore, this study aims to identify the most significant factors contributing to these internal conflict of laws in federal Iraq, which arise from the overlapping legislative powers between regional governments, the federal government, and the governorates, particularly in the oil sector. The study also seeks to review the general principles aimed at resolving internal conflict of laws in federal states. The study has reached several conclusions, the most important of which is that the 2005 Iraqi Constitution remains the primary reference for determining the mechanism for resolving this type of conflict, as well as defining the powers of both the federal government and the Kurdistan Regional Government regarding the management of oil and gas.
Keywords
Oil contract; internal conflict of laws; federal system; general principles

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