Ebrahim Afsah

University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law

Associate Professor of Public International Law

Karen Blixens Plads 16

Copenhagen, DK-2300

Denmark

http://jura.ku.dk/ebrahimafsah/

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Contested Universalities of International Law: Islam's Struggle with Modernity

Journal of the History of International Law, Vol. 10 (2008) pp. 259-307
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Jan 2014
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Constitution-Making in Islamic Countries – A Theoretical Framework

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Constitution-Making in Islamic Countries – A Theoretical Framework

Constitution-Making in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity, ed. by Rainer Grote and Tilmann Röder (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Dec 2013
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Islamic law, constitutionalism, post-conflict state-building, Muslim state, Muslim society

Constitution-Making in Islamic Countries – A Theoretical Framework

Constitution-Making in Islamic Countries: Between Upheaval and Continuity, ed. by Rainer Grote and Tilmann Röder (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2012)
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 01 Dec 2013
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Islamic law, constitutionalism, post-conflict state-building, Muslim state, Muslim society

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Afghanistan Conflict

Encyclopedia of Public International Law, ed. by Rüdiger Wolfrum (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009)
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 02 Jan 2014
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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After the Arab Spring: Democratic Aspirations and State Failure

Number of pages: 89 Posted: 20 Jul 2017
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Arab Spring, Islam, Middle East, Democracy, Rule of Law, Development, Governance

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Constitutionalism Without Governance: International Standards in the Afghan Legal System

Importing International Law in Post-Conflict States: The Role of Domestic Courts, ed. by André Nollkaemper, Cedric Ruyngaert, and Edda Kristjansdottir, Intersentia, April 2012
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 02 Jan 2014
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Iraq: From ‘Troubled Law of Occupation’ to Constitutional Order?

Beiträge zum Islamischen Recht, ed. by Irene Schneider and Thoralf Hanstein, Leipziger Beiträge zur Orientforschung, Band 19 (Heidelberg: Peter Lang, 2006) pp. 21-43
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 02 Jan 2014
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Afghanistan - Building a State to Keep the Peace

Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Vol. 9 (2005) pp. 373-456, Ebrahim Afsah and Alexandra Hilal Guhr, “Afghanistan: Building a State to Keep the Peace,” Max Planck Yearbook of United Nations Law, Vol. 9 (2005), pp. 373-456.
Number of pages: 84 Posted: 02 Jan 2014
Ebrahim Afsah and Alexandra Guhr
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The Challenge of Civil Service Reform: The Elusive Goal of Governance

in: Heinz-Gerhard Justenhoven and Ebrahim Afsah (eds.), Das internationale Engagement in Afghanistan in der Sackgasse? Eine friedensethische Auseinandersetzung, Baden-Baden: Nomos, pp. 144-168. 2011
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 22 May 2014
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Afghanistan, state-building, public administration reform, post-conflict reconstruction, public law, constitutional law, administrative law

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Guides and Guardians: Judiciaries in Times of Transition

Ebrahim Afsah, “Guides and Guardians: Judiciaries in Times of Transition,” in: Judges as Guardians of Constitutionalism and Human Rights, ed. by Martin Scheinin, Helle Krunke, and Marina Aksenova (London: Edward Elgar, 2016).
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 08 Dec 2015
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Artificial Intelligence, Law, and National Security

Ebrahim Afsah, “Artificial Intelligence, Law and National Security,” in: Global Perspectives on Responsible AI, ed. by Wolfram Burgard et al. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022)., Afsah, Ebrahim, “Artificial Intelligence, Law and National Security,” in: Global Perspectives on Responsible AI, ed. by Wolfram Burgard, et al. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2022), pp. 447-74.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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artificial intelligence, national security, defence, strategic studies, drone warfare, loitering munitions, pattern detection, machine learning, cybersecurity, information technology, hacking, surveillance

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

German Law Journal, Vol. 7, No. 6 (2006) pp. 563-90
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 12 Nov 2014
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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international law, humanitarian law, laws of war, occupation law, Iraq, Coalition Provisional Authority, CPA

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Islamisches Familienrecht in grenzüberschreitenden Ehen (Islamic Family Law in International Marriages)

Ebrahim Afsah, Islamisches Familienrecht in grenzüberschreitenden Ehen (Wien: Österreichischer Integrationsfond, 2020).
Number of pages: 90 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Islamic family law, marriage, divorce, custody, international private law, comparative law, Afghanistan, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Iran, Iraq, Nigeria, Pakistan, Somalia, Syria, Turkey.

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

Retfærd - Nordic Journal of Law and Justice, 40 (1), 24-45
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 30 Aug 2017
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Varieties of Capitalism, Danish Constitutional System, Political Economy, Industrial Espionage, Cyber Security, Right to Privacy, Surveillance, Welfare State, Taxation, Comparative Law

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Dysfunctional Resilience in the Afghan Civil Service

Afsah, Ebrahim, “Dysfunctional Resilience in the Afghan Civil Service,” in: Constitutional Resilience in South Asia, ed. by Tarun Khaitan, Swati Jhaveri, and Dinesha Samararatne (Oxford: Hart, 2023), pp. 189-207.
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Post-conflict, state-building, public administration reform, United Nations, development, technical assistance, civil service reform, bureaucratic politics, administrative law, constitutional law, territorial administration

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Review Article: Reik Kirchhof, Grundlegung einer Soziologie der Scharia. Das islamische Recht im Licht einer neuen Theorie der normativen Ordnung und des Rechts. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2020

Ebrahim Afsah, “Review Article: Reik Kirchhof, Grundlegung einer Soziologie der Scharia. Das islamische Recht im Licht einer neuen Theorie der normativen Ordnung und des Rechts. Wiesbaden: Springer VS, 2020,” Zeitschrift für Rechtssoziologie, Vol. 41(2), No. 2 (2021), pp. 1-11.
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Islamic law, legal philosophy, legal sociology, Luhmann, Weber, rationalism

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Eine nützliche Geschichte des 11. September. Der fehlgeleitete militärische Kampf gegen den politischen Islam (The Usable Past of 911 – The Mistaken Military Struggle against Political Islam)

Ebrahim Afsah, “Eine nützliche Geschichte des 11. September. Der fehlgeleitete militärische Kampf gegen den politischen Islam,” in: Lehren aus 911, ed. by Sandra Kostner (2021).
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Islamic, terrorism, political Islam, migration, security, intelligence services,

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Islam in Europa: Geschichte & Gegenwart (Islam in Europe: Historical and Contemporary Perspectives)

Kunst & Kirche
Number of pages: 11 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Euroislam, Radicalisation, Architecture, Mosques, Muslim, Migration

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

Ebrahim Afsah, “Afghan Opium, the Global Consensus and Regional Collaboration – State Interests and Organisational Responses,” Journal of Afghan Legal Studies, Vol. 1 (2018), pp. 507-52.
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Nov 2021
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Afghanistan, counter-narcotics, criminal networks, international law, development assistance, European Union, Iran, Pakistan, Central Asia, heroin, opium, addiction, harm reduction, trafficking

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Grenzen und Migration im heutigen Europa(Borders and Migration in Contemporary Europe)

Ebrahim Afsah, "Grenzen und Migration im heutigen Europa", in: Danuta Shanzer (Hrsg.), Das Ende Roms im Spiegel der Nachfahren, Wien: Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2025. (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 04 Sep 2024
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Roman Empire, Germanic history, mass migration, refugee crisis, integration, Islamic law, Muslim diaspora

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Wehrhafte Demokratie, Freiheit und Islam

Ebrahim Afsah, “Wehrhafte Demokratie, Freiheit und Islam,” in: Europäische Werte, Rechtsstaat, Sicherheit, Integration, ed. by Stefan Karner and Wilhelm Sandrisser, Reihe „Sicherheitspolitik“, Band 1 (Wien: Manz, 2021), pp. 245-87.
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 28 Jun 2024
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Wehrhafte Demokratie, militant democracy, constitutional law, migration, liberalism, Islam

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  Rezension: Sevil Hosseini: Die Rechtsstellung religiöser Minderheiten im Iran

Ebrahim Afsah, “Rezension zu Sevil Hosseini, Die Rechtsstellung religiöser Minderheiten im Iran,” Zeitschrift für Recht & Islam, Vol. 13 (2022), pp. 111-16.
Number of pages: 6 Posted: 28 Jun 2024
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Islamic Law, Iran, conditional law, minority rights, discrimination

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Opfermythen und Gewaltbereitschaft Religiöser Machtanspruch als ideelle Herausforderung(Self-Victimisation and Violence: Religious Claims to Power as an Ideational Challenge)

Johannes Berchtold und Johann Frank, Ethos der Macht, Wien: Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, 2025 (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 04 Sep 2024
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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migration, asylum, integration, constitutional law, liberalism, terrorism

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Institutionentransfer in Afrika und Asien: Warum externe Stabilisierungsmissionen meist scheitern(Institutional Transfer in Africa and Asia: Why External Stabilisation Missions Usually Fail)

Ebrahim Afsah, "Institutionentransfer in Afrika und Asien: Warum externe Stabilisierungsmissionen meist scheiter", in: Johannes Berchtold und Johann Frank (Hrsg.), Ethos der Macht, Wien: Bundesministerium der Verteidigung, 2025 (forthcoming)
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 04 Sep 2024
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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constitutional law, development, legal transfer, institutions

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Das Staatsoberhaupt in der Islamischen Republik Iran: Charisma, Gewalt und Pragmatismus in einer Theokratie

Afsah, Ebrahim, “Das Staatsoberhaupt in der Islamischen Republik Iran. Charisma, Gewalt und Pragmatismus in einer Theokratie,” Jahrbuch des Öffentlichen Rechts, Vol. 70 (2022), pp. 291-312.
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jun 2024
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law
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Iran, constitutional law, political Islam, Islamic law, Middle East

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Afghanistan: An Aborted Beginning

in: Constitutional Foundings in South Asia, ed. by Kevin Y. L. Tan and Ridwanul Hoque, Constitutionalism in Asia (Oxford: Hart, 2021), pp. 231-62.
Posted: 16 Feb 2022
Ebrahim Afsah
University of Copenhagen - Faculty of Law

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Afghanistan, Pakistan, constitutionalism, constitutional monarchy, Islamism, development