Ebrahim Afsah

Ebrahim Afsah

Associate Professor


  1. Published

    Afghan Opium, the Global Consensus and Regional Collaboration: State Interests and Organisational Responses

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016, Yearbook of Afghan Legal Studies. Heidelberg, Vol. 2. 40 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  2. Published

    Afghanistan Conflict

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2009, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Wolfrum, R. (ed.). Oxford University Press, 11 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    Afghanistan: Building a State to Keep the Peace

    Afsah, Ebrahim & Guhr, A. H., 2005, In: Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law. 9, p. 373-456 84 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    After the Arab Spring – Democratic Aspirations and State Failure: A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Contemporary Arab Governance

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2017, 89 p.

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationEducation

  5. Published
  6. An Islamic Law of Nations? The Weight of History and Tormented Modernization in Muslim Nations

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2011, Universality and Continuity in International Law. Marauhn, T. & Steiger, H. (eds.). The Hague: Eleven International Publishing, p. 217-277 61 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  7. Published

    Book Review: Justin Frosini. Constitutional Preambles at a Crossroads between Politics and Law

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2013, In: International Journal of Constitutional Law. 11, 4, p. 831-834 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearchpeer-review

  8. Published

    Book Review: Sinram, Jana, Pressefreiheit oder Fremdenfeindlichkeit? Der Streit um die Mohammed- Karikaturen und die dänische Einwanderungspolitik

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2015, In: Zeitschrift für Ausländerrecht. 11, 12, p. 407-410 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Book Review: Steven Radelet, Emerging Africa. How 17 Countries are Leading the Way (Washington, DC: Center for Global Development/Brookings, 2011), p. 169

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2013, In: International Journal of Constitutional Law. 11, 1, p. 277-280 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalLiterature reviewResearchpeer-review

  10. In preparation

    Bureaucracy is Key to Post-Conflict Stability

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 1 Jul 2015, (In preparation).

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  11. Published

    Chesterman, Simon & Lehnardt, Chia: From Mercenaries to Market (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2010, In: European Journal of International Law. 21, 2, p. 251-256 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  12. Published

    Cold War

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2009, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Wolfrum, R. (ed.). Oxford University Press, 17 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Common Challenges, Common Responses: Fighting Narcotics as a Harbinger of International Cooperation

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2014, In: ECO Chronicle. 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

  14. Constitution-Making in Islamic Countries - A Theoretical Framework

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2012, Constitutionalism in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity. Grote, R. & Röder, T. (eds.). New York: Oxford University Press, p. 475-512 38 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  15. Published

    Constitutional Struggles in the Muslim World: A Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on Islamic Law and Constitutionalism

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2013

    Research output: Other contributionNet publication - Internet publicationEducation

  16. E-pub ahead of print

    Constitutionalism without Governance: International Standards in the Afghan Legal System

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2012, (E-pub ahead of print) Importing International Law in Post-Conflict States: The Role of Domestic Courts. Nollkaemper, A., Ryngaert, C. & Kristjansdottir, E. (eds.). The Hague: Intersentia, p. 125-151 28 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    Contested Universalities of International Law. Islam’s Struggle with Modernity

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, In: Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international. 10, p. 259-307 49 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Country Report Denmark: Penal Provisions and Institutional Counter-Measures against Industrial Espionage

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2018, Economic and Industrial Espionage in Germany and Europe: Vol. 1 Field Description. Berlin: Springer, 23 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  19. Published

    Country Report Iceland

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2002, Freedom of Expression and Information: Compliance with Member States Commitments. Report to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Frowein, J. A. (ed.). Strassbourg: Council of Europe, p. 103-108 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    Country Report Sweden

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2002, Freedom of Expression and Information: Compliance with Member States Commitments. Report to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe. Frowein, J. A. (ed.). Strassbourg: Council of Europe, p. 197-204 7 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingReport chapterResearchpeer-review

  21. Published

    Creed, Cabal, or Conspiracy – The Origins of the current Neo-Conservative Revolution in US Strategic Thinking

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2003, In: German Law Journal. 4, 9, p. 901-923 23 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  22. In preparation
  23. Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse? Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung

    Justenhoven, H. (ed.) & Afsah, Ebrahim (ed.), 2011, Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. 200 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportBookResearchpeer-review

  24. Published

    Deserters

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2010, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Wolfrum, R. (ed.). Oxford University Press, 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2009, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Wolfrum, R. (ed.). Oxford University Press, 6 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  26. Published

    Drug Control in Fragile States: Regional Cooperation and Differing Legal Responses to the Afghan Opiate Epidemic

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  27. In preparation

    Enemies of the People? Forgotten Virtues of Judicial Self-Restraint: A Comparison between the ECJ and the ICJ

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2017, (In preparation). 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Engaging Islamic Radicalisation through Education: The Challenge and Promise of Teaching Muslim Constitutional Law

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2015. 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceCommunication

  29. In preparation

    Essential Enablers: Transitional Bureaucracies Matter

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2015, (In preparation) 32 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  30. Published
  31. Published

    Fischer, Horst & Quénivet, Noelle: Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Nation- and/or State-Building (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2007, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 67, 3, p. 979-981 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  32. Published

    Guides and Guardians: judiciaries in times of transition

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016, Judges as Guardians of Constitutionalism and Human Rights. Scheinin, M., Krunke, H. & Aksenova, M. (eds.). London: Edward Elgar Publishing, p. 251-277 27 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  33. Published

    Hamilton et al.: Where is the Wealth of Nations? (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 68, 1, p. 286-291 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  34. Published

    Industrial Espionage in Denmark: Collaborative Security in a Corporatist State

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  35. Published

    Iraq: From “Troubled Law of Occupation” to Constitutional Order? China Shop Rules and International Responsibilities

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2006, Leipziger Beiträge zur Orientforschung. Schneider, I. (ed.). Frankfurt: Peter Lang, p. 21-43 23 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  36. Published

    Islamic Exceptionalism: How valid is the Concept of ‘Islamic Human Rights'?

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2000, In: Kennedy School Review. 1, 1, p. 5-15 10 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  37. Published

    Leadership Development in the German Education System

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, Leadership as a Vocation. Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 145-159 15 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  38. Published

    Limits and Limitations of Power: The Continued Relevance of Occupation Law

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2006, In: German Law Journal. 7, 6, p. 563-590 28 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  39. Published

    Lohlker, Rüdiger: Islamisches Völkerrecht. Studien am Beispiel Granada (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2007, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 67, 3, p. 1002-09 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  40. Published

    Lohlker, Rüdiger: Islamisches Völkerrecht. Studien am Beispiel Granada (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2007, In: Journal of the History of International Law / Revue d'histoire du droit international. 9, 2, p. 301-306 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  41. Published

    McGoldrick, Dominic: From ‘9-11’ to the ‘Iraq War 2003’ – International Law in an Age of Complexity (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2005, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. p. 799-803 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  42. Published

    Meinecke, Oliver: Rechtsprojekte in der Entwicklungszusammenarbeit (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, In: Verfassung und Recht in Uebersee. 41, 3, p. 413-419 7 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  43. Published
  44. Published

    Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) in the Justice Sector: Discussion Paper for the Rome Donor Conference on Afghanistan

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2007, Eschborn / Rom: GTZ Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit. 16 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommissioned

  45. Published

    Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) in the Justice Sector. Update: Ministerial Briefing Paper

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, Eschborn: GTZ Gesellschaft für technische Zusammenarbeit. 22 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommissioned

  46. Published

    Nachtigal, Reinhard: Rußland und seine österreichisch-ungarischen Kriegsgefangenen (1914-1918) (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2005, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 65, 3, p. 809-810 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  47. Neutralisation

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2011, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Wolfrum, R. (ed.). Oxford University Press, 5 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  48. Peter H. Sand, Atoll Diego Garcia: Naturschutz zwischen Menschenrecht und Machtpolitik. (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2011, In: European Journal of International Law. 22, 4, p. 1200-1204 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  49. Prisoner Transfer

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2011, Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law. Wolfrum, R. (ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, 4 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  50. Published

    Rasanayagam, Angelo: Afghanistan: A Modern History – Monarchy, Despotism or Democracy? The Problems of Governance in the Muslim Tradition (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2006, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 66, 3, p. 524-558 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  51. In preparation

    Ritual Slaughter in the Modern Constitutional State: Religious Exceptions to Secular Animal Protection Laws

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 18 Feb 2016, (In preparation). 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  52. In preparation

    Ritual Slaughter in the Modern Constitutional State: A Brief History of the European Discourse

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016, (In preparation) 2 p.

    Research output: Working paperResearchpeer-review

  53. Published

    Shaw, Malcolm N.: International Law (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2006, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 66, 3, p. 530-532 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  54. Simon Chesterman and Angelina Fisher (eds). Private Security, Public Order. The Outsourcing of Public Services and its Limits (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2011, In: European Journal of International Law. 22, 3, p. 909-912 4 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  55. In preparation

    Teaching Islamic Law in a Positivist Environment

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 28 Sep 2017, (In preparation). 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  56. Published

    Terminal Evaluation Report: Fast-track Capacity Building for a Functioning Counter-Narcotics Criminal Justice System

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, Vienna: United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNDCP). 68 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportReportCommissioned

  57. Published

    The Beauteous Majesty of Consensual Law: The Role of Norms in the Danish Variety of Capitalism

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2017, In: Retfærd: Nordisk Juridisk Tidsskrift. 40, 1/156, p. 24-45 22 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  58. The Challenge of Civil Service Reform: The Elusive Goal of Governance

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2011, Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse?: Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung. Justenhoven, H-G. & Afsah, E. (eds.). Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, p. 144-168 29 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook chapterResearchpeer-review

  59. In preparation

    The Empty Fortress or the Poverty of Islamic Public Discourse: The Role of Law in Arab State Failure

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 17 Jun 2016, (In preparation). 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  60. Submitted

    The End of Militarism: Civil-Military Relations in the Federal Republic of Germany

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, (Submitted) 455 p.

    Research output: Book/ReportDoctoral thesisResearch

  61. In preparation

    The Persian Reception of Western Law and its Subsequent Organic Development in Inner-Asian Comparison

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 26 Sep 2017, (In preparation). 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  62. In preparation

    The Role of Parliaments in Times of Transition: The Impact of Participatory Politics on Social Cohesion and the Quality of Governance in Post-Authoritarian Settings

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016, (In preparation). 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  63. Published

    Vine, David: Islands of Shame: The Secret History of the U.S. Military Base on Diego Garcia (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2010, In: European Journal of International Law. 21, 1, p. 257-262 6 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  64. Published

    Wilson, Richard Ashby (Hrsg.): Human Rights in the ‘War on Terror’ (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2008, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 68, 1, p. 301-304 3 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

  65. In preparation

    Wir schaffen es nicht: Emergency Law and the Crisis of European Integration

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016, (In preparation). 2 p.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  66. Published

    Zubaida, Sami: Law and Power in the Islamic World (Review Article)

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2006, In: Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht / Heidelberg journal of international law. 66, 2, p. 254-258 5 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

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