Ebrahim Afsah

Ebrahim Afsah

Associate Professor


  1. 2018
  2. 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

  3. 2017
  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Published
  8. In preparation
  9. 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

  10. 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

  11. 2016
  12. Published
  13. 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

  14. 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

  15. 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

  16. 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

  17. 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

  18. Published

    Industrial Espionage in Denmark: Collaborative Security in a Corporatist State

    Afsah, Ebrahim, 2016.

    Research output: Contribution to conferenceConference abstract for conferenceResearchpeer-review

  19. 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

  20. 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

  21. 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

  22. 2015
  23. 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

  24. 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

  25. 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

  26. In preparation

    Essential Enablers: Transitional Bureaucracies Matter

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

    Research output: Working paperResearch

  27. 2014
  28. 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

  29. Published
  30. 2013
  31. 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

  32. 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

  33. 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

  34. 2012
  35. 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

  36. 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

  37. 2011
  38. 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

  39. 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

  40. 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

  41. 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

  42. 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

  43. 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

  44. 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

  45. 2010
  46. 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

  47. 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

  48. 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

  49. 2009
  50. 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

  51. 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

  52. 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

  53. 2008
  54. 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

  55. 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

  56. 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

  57. 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

  58. 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

  59. 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

  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. 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

  62. 2007
  63. 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

  64. 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

  65. 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

  66. 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

  67. 2006
  68. 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

  69. 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

  70. 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

  71. 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

  72. 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

  73. 2005
  74. 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

  75. 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

  76. 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

  77. 2003
  78. 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

  79. 2002
  80. 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

  81. 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

  82. 2000
  83. 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

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