The extent to which the rules of regional administrative decentralization are applied in Iraqi legislation.

Abstract

 The system of administrative decentralization requires the independence of the local areas with their own powers and competences exercised in accordance with the constitutional rules and ordinary legislations issued by the central authority, and the exercise by local authorities of their powers according to these limits requires the central government to exercise control over them. As defined by the Constitution and the law, as well as the prevention of arbitrariness that may be imposed on persons entrusted with the task of managing the affairs of their areas, administrative decentralization revolves around the existence and the distribution of the executive function between the Center and local bodies , Although there is a distribution of the executive function, there is a joint contribution between the central government and local bodies, a contribution of varying degrees and extent to the different conditions and circumstances of each country. What distinguishes the system of administrative decentralization is the independence of the local administrative bodies and the ownership of specific powers, but this independence relative, not absolute, It may narrow or expand according to the relationship between the central authority and local areas, ie, administrative decentralization is not the same may vary their political systems depending on the circumstances and transformations that occur and can identify the degrees of decentralization through their applications in the legislation Iraq's various data which differed according to Iraqi political systems