THE EFFECTIVENESS OF “LOYA JIRGA” IN MAKING THE CONSTITUTION OF AFGHANISTAN

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  • Zabihullah Hafizullah Zabihullah Hafizullah PhD Student in Ahmad Ibrahim Faculty of Law, International Islamic University of Malaysia. Contact: 006 0133 749 887/ 0093798242808 Email: jawad.zabih@gmail.com

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Repalcing the old consitution  in Afghanistan was generally an essential step forward in the nation building process. The Effectiveness of loya Jirga or Grand Council was  important to adopt the constitution and to confer legitimacy on it. Consequently, the constitution of Afghanistan which was created by a special Loya Jirga (Grand Council) (13 December 2004- Junuary 2004), was ratified by President Karzai on 24 Jaunuary 2004. Therefore, this paper will provide a basic historical background of Constitutional Loya Jirga. Moreover, the author will highlight the legal framework for the Constitutional Loya Jirga and will focus on the role and Effectiveness of Constitutional Loya Jirga in constitution-making in Afghanistan.

Keywords:Constitution-making,Constitutional loya Jirga (grand council), Constituiton, Afghnistan

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2015-08-27

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Hafizullah, Z. (2015). THE EFFECTIVENESS OF “LOYA JIRGA” IN MAKING THE CONSTITUTION OF AFGHANISTAN. Journal of Asian and African Social Science and Humanities, 1(1), 65–74. Retrieved from https://aarcentre.com/ojs3/index.php/jaash/article/view/9

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