{"id":49476,"date":"2026-08-28T10:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/?p=49476"},"modified":"2026-08-28T10:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-08-28T10:17:58","slug":"college-of-law-discusses-doctoral-dissertation-on-crimes-arising-from-the-practice-of-negative-social-customs-and-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/2026\/08\/28\/college-of-law-discusses-doctoral-dissertation-on-crimes-arising-from-the-practice-of-negative-social-customs-and-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"College of Law Discusses Doctoral Dissertation on Crimes Arising from the Practice of Negative Social Customs and Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">College of Law Discusses Doctoral Dissertation on Crimes Arising from the Practice of Negative Social Customs and Traditions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The College of Law \/ University of Mosul witnessed today, Monday, August 24, 2026, the defense of a doctoral dissertation titled\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"\">&#8220;Crimes Arising from the Practice of Negative Social Customs and Traditions&#8221;<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">\u00a0, presented by the student\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"\">Abdulkhaliq Mutlaq Salih Omar Al-Khafaji<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">, under the supervision of\u00a0<\/span><strong><span class=\"\">Professor Dr. Mohammed Abbas Hammoudi Al-Zubaidi<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The dissertation addressed the role of social customs and traditions in building society and their impact on criminal policy, particularly in the areas of criminalization, permissibility, and punishment, with a focus on negative social customs and traditions that infringe upon the interests protected by law, and the resulting legal and social consequences. It also highlighted the distinctiveness of Iraqi society and its adherence to social customs and traditions, and their influence on the criminalization of certain acts, as well as on the mitigation of punishment or exemption from it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The study aimed to shed light on the most prominent crimes arising from the practice of certain prevailing social customs and traditions in Eastern societies, to clarify their legal classification, and to distinguish between positive customs and traditions and negative ones. Furthermore, it sought to draw the attention of the Iraqi legislator and public opinion to the dangers of certain practices that are inconsistent with the noble values of society, to explain their negative effects and consequences, and to emphasize the need for concerted efforts to confront them and criminalize them through explicit legal provisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">The discussion committee consisted of:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">Professor Dr. Talal Abdul Hussein Al-Badrani<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">\u00a0\u2013 Chair<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">Assistant Professor Dr. Nawfal Ali Abdullah<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">\u00a0\u2013 Member<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">Assistant Professor Dr. Abbas Fadel Saeed<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">\u00a0\u2013 Member<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">Assistant Professor Dr. Ahmed Mustafa Ali<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">\u00a0\u2013 Member<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">Assistant Professor Dr. Israa Younis Hadi<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">\u00a0\u2013 Member<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><strong><span class=\"\">Professor Dr. Mohammed Abbas Hammoudi<\/span><\/strong><span class=\"\">\u00a0\u2013 Member and Supervisor<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"><span class=\"\">This discussion comes within the framework of the College of Law at the University of Mosul&#8217;s interest in legal research addressing contemporary social issues, and its contribution to enhancing criminal studies related to the reality of society and its legislative needs.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>College of Law Discusses Doctoral Dissertation on Crimes Arising from the Practice of Negative Social Customs and Traditions The College of Law \/ University of Mosul witnessed today, Monday, August 24, 2026, the defense of a doctoral dissertation titled\u00a0&#8220;Crimes Arising from the Practice of Negative Social Customs and Traditions&#8221;\u00a0, presented by the student\u00a0Abdulkhaliq Mutlaq Salih Omar Al-Khafaji, under the supervision of\u00a0Professor Dr. Mohammed Abbas Hammoudi Al-Zubaidi. The dissertation addressed the role of social customs and traditions in building society and their impact on criminal policy, particularly in the areas of criminalization, permissibility, and punishment, with a focus on negative social customs <a href=\"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/2026\/08\/28\/college-of-law-discusses-doctoral-dissertation-on-crimes-arising-from-the-practice-of-negative-social-customs-and-traditions\/\"> [Read More]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":49477,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-49476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-viva"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49476"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49476\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49478,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49476\/revisions\/49478"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49477"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/uomosul.edu.iq\/en\/rights\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}