Linking the international legal framework to building the formal foundations of a "state at risk": constitution-making and international law in post-conflict Afghanistan.

From: Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law | Date: May 1, 2006| Author: Schoiswohl, Michael | Copyright information

Abstract

This Article describes and critically assesses the recent constitution-making process in Afghanistan in relation to the international legal framework. The Article provides an account of that process within the larger context of the state-building efforts as envisioned in the 2001 Bonn Agreement. Focusing on the interaction between national state-building and international normative benchmarks, the Article evaluates the extent to which the recently adopted Const...

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