Constitutionalism without Governance: International Standards in the Afghan Legal System

Ebrahim Afsah

Constitutionalism without Governance: International Standards in the Afghan Legal System

Faculty of Law

Abstract

There has been a lot of attention in recent years about improving the quality of legal systems in overseas jurisdictions. This is reflected in the growing proportion of rule of law components in development assistance and, especially, in post-conflict stabilisation missions. External actors endeavour to strengthen the role of international legal standards in the courts and, more broadly, the political life of societies emerging from violent conflict. Virtually all stabilisation missions contain today important rule of law components, a shift in emphasis that is mirrored in bilateral financial assistance. The international engagement in Afghanistan since December 2001 has been no exception, having placed a heavy emphasis on introducing international legal norms into the Afghan legal and political system.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Importing International Law in Post-Conflict States : The Role of Domestic Courts
Editors	André Nollkaemper, Cedric Ryngaert, Edda Kristjansdottir
Number of pages	28
Place of Publication	The Hague
Publisher	Intersentia
Pages	125-151
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2012

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Muslim Constitutional Law & the Dawla Madaniyya
Afsah, E. (Organizer)
18 Feb 2013 → 19 Feb 2013
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Constitutional Transformations in the Arab World following the Arab Spring: Comparative Models
Afsah, E. (Speaker)
7 Feb 2013
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Herausforderungen des Staatsaufbaus (Challenges of Statebuilding)
Afsah, E. (Lecturer)
16 Jun 2010
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Constitutionalism without Governance?
Afsah, E. (Speaker)
20 May 2010
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Constitutionalism without Governance: International Standards in the Afghan Legal System. / Afsah, Ebrahim.
Importing International Law in Post-Conflict States: The Role of Domestic Courts. ed. / André Nollkaemper; Cedric Ryngaert; Edda Kristjansdottir. The Hague: Intersentia, 2012. p. 125-151.

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Muslim Constitutional Law & the Dawla Madaniyya

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Constitutionalism without Governance?

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