Complementary and Contradiction between Civil and Criminal Laws

Analytical study in Iraqi law

Abstract

This research studies complementarity and contradiction between civil law and criminal law. It examines complementarity between civil and criminal law which are both aimed to regulate the relationships of individuals with each other, and therefore they must work together to achieve the economic and social policies of the legislator in the state based justice and logic despite the classification of the first law among the branches of the private law and the other within the branches of public law. The research examines the contradictions between these two laws in a number of subjects that negatively affect the harmony of law at the state level, and indicate the lack of policy standard for the legislator toward these topics.