How and when did the CPA legislate?

Each dated numbered document is a point on its theme’s row. The date comes from the official code in the text (CPA/ORD/…); where that was not possible it is taken from the file’s publication date and marked “approximate”. The five themes were coded by hand from the titles; an “amendment” takes the theme of what it amends. Amendment arcs: an order with “Amend” in its title that cites an earlier order.

“No Arabic text in the archive” means we did not find the translation in the archive’s two sources, not that it was never published: the orders among them have an Arabic transcription from the Dorar al-Iraq legal wiki, which states that it reproduces the Iraqi Official Gazette; it is shown on each order’s page with a note on its source.

Confidence levels: “Established” — the fact is written in the document; “Likely” — a strong automatic inference; “Doubtful” — may be an OCR or extraction artefact; “Open question” — cannot be answered from the archive alone.

Limits of the archive: its sources are the University of North Texas Libraries and the Internet Archive. The absence of a document or text from it does not mean it never existed. Events on the timelines are external context, each with its source, and we name the earliest archive document that mentions them.

Citation: “Cite this” copies an academic reference with a link that keeps the current period and filters. Every chart has a table view and a CSV file.

• Order 16There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 32There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 59There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 67There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 69There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 70There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 72There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 74There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 76There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 78There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 79There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 80There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 81There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 82There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 83There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 86There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 87There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 88There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 89There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 90There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 91There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 93There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 94There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 95There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 98There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 99There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 100There is no Arabic text of this order in the archive. Was it issued in Arabic in the Iraqi Official Gazette (al-Waqa’i al-Iraqiya)?No Arabic text · Established by the text
• Order 17Issued on 2004-06-27, 1 day before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 72Issued on 2004-06-10, 18 days before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 76Issued on 2004-05-20, 39 days before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Following the transfer of governmental authority”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 91Issued on 2004-06-02, 26 days before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 92Issued on 2004-05-31, 28 days before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 95Issued on 2004-06-02, 26 days before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 96Issued on 2004-06-07, 21 days before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 98Issued on 2004-06-27, 1 day before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 99Issued on 2004-06-27, 1 day before the handover, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“Iraqi Interim Government”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 100Issued on 2004-06-28, on the day of the handover itself, and its text addresses the period after the handover (“until rescinded or amended”). What of it remained in force after 28 June 2004?The final legislative rush · Established by the text
• Order 38It is cited by 2 later orders whose titles contain “Amend” (Order 47, Order 70). Which version of it was in force at the handover?References and amendments · Likely
• Order 3The preserved Arabic copies carry codes with different dates (2003-05-23, 2003-12-31). Are they amended versions of the same document?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 3The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-05-23, 2003-12-31). Are they amended versions of the same document?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 9The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-06-08, 2004-06-27). Are they amended versions of the same document?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 10The earliest preserved file is dated 2003-06-05, before the document’s official date (2003-06-08). Is the file date a metadata error, or does the file have another story?Date and text integrity · Doubtful
• Order 13A preserved file is named as a revised or amended version (Revised / Amended). Is the original text before the amendment preserved, and what changed?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 15No readable dated code in the text; the date shown comes from the file’s publication date and is approximate. What is the actual signing date?Date and text integrity · Open question
• Order 16The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-06-26, 2003-12-01, 2004-06-04). Are they amended versions of the same document?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 17The preserved Arabic text carries a code dated 2003-06-26 and the English one a code dated 2004-06-27, and the Arabic is 22% of the English length. Are these two different versions of the document (original and amended)? Which Arabic text was issued for the other version?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 17The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-06-26, 2004-06-27). Are they amended versions of the same document?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 20The preserved English copies carry codes with different dates (2003-07-14, 2003-07-17). Are they amended versions of the same document?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Order 21No readable dated code in the text; the date shown comes from the file’s publication date and is approximate. What is the actual signing date?Date and text integrity · Open question
• Order 32No readable dated code in the text; the date shown comes from the file’s publication date and is approximate. What is the actual signing date?Date and text integrity · Open question
• Order 35No readable dated code in the text; the date shown comes from the file’s publication date and is approximate. What is the actual signing date?Date and text integrity · Open question
• Order 35A preserved file is named as a revised or amended version (Revised / Amended). Is the original text before the amendment preserved, and what changed?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Regulation 3The preserved Arabic text carries a code dated 2003-06-03 and the English one a code dated 2003-06-18. Are these two different versions of the document (original and amended)? Which Arabic text was issued for the other version?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Regulation 5The preserved Arabic text carries a code dated 2003-08-17 and the English one a code dated 2003-06-18. Are these two different versions of the document (original and amended)? Which Arabic text was issued for the other version?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Regulation 5The preserved Arabic copies carry codes with different dates (2003-06-18, 2003-08-17). Are they amended versions of the same document?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Regulation 8No readable dated code in the text; the date shown comes from the file’s publication date and is approximate. What is the actual signing date?Date and text integrity · Open question
• Memorandum 3The earliest preserved file is dated 2003-08-06, before the document’s official date (2004-06-27). Is the file date a metadata error, or does the file have another story?Date and text integrity · Doubtful
• Memorandum 3A preserved file is named as a revised or amended version (Revised / Amended). Is the original text before the amendment preserved, and what changed?Date and text integrity · Established by the text
• Memorandum 15No readable dated code in the text; the date shown comes from the file’s publication date and is approximate. What is the actual signing date?Date and text integrity · Open question
• Memorandum 7No dated order, regulation or memorandum in the archive between 2003-10-14 and 2003-11-04 (21 days). Did issuance pause, or are this period’s documents missing from the archive?Silences · Established by the text

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