Incomplete Constitutions and Coordination in Deeply Divided Societies

The Afghan Experiment

AvShamshad Pasarlay

Häftad, Engelska, 2026

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Why are some deeply divided societies able to craft stable constitutional regimes while others have failed and continue to be mired in endless communal conflict? This puzzle constitutes the central question this book seeks to address. This book is directed at scholars who wish to understand the riddles of constitutional performance in deeply divided societies, and those who are interested in understanding Afghanistan's troubled constitutional history. By providing the most comprehensive account of the drafting and performance of Afghanistan's 2004 constitution, the book is aimed at scholars who want to understand the nuances of the process that produced the Constitution and evaluate its performance with fresh eyes. The world is full of divided, post-conflict societies which continue to witness tragic violent conflicts. This book is thus a valuable resource for policy makers who are currently grappling with how to approach thorny problems of constitutional design and nation-building in these societies.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-09-30
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
Antal sidor:235
Förlag:Cambridge University Press
ISBN:9781009390507

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Shamshad Pasarlay is an assistant instructional professor of comparative constitutional law and politics at the University of Chicago and a leading expert of constitutional history of Afghanistan. Incomplete Constitutions and Coordination in Deeply Divided Societies builds on his award-winning doctoral dissertation.

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'This book provides a compelling account of Afghanistan's constitutional history and advances an innovative model of coordination through deliberately incomplete constitutions in deeply divided societies. Combining deep expertise in Afghan constitutionalism with comparative constitutional insights, Shamshad Pasarlay offers a readable, persuasive, and thought-provoking framework of wide relevance. I recommend it highly.' Cheryl Saunders, Professor of Law at the Melbourne Law School

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Introduction; 1. A new model for coordinating deeply divided societies; 2. From 'Yaghistan' to Afghanistan: the foundations of the Afghan State and its peoples; 3. Incomplete constitutions and coordination: a tale of two early constitutions in Afghanistan; 4. Rethinking Afghanistan's 'finest (1964) constitution as a coordination device; 5. Short-lived regimes and coordination failures, 1973–2001; 6. The veterans of failed constitution-making assemble: drafting the 2004 constitution; 7. The rise and fall of the 2004 constitution as a coordination device: the incomplete constitution in practice; Conclusion; Bibliography.