POLI 2F30 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Constitution Of Afghanistan, Landlocked Country, Resource Curse
27 Dec 2015
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In last 2 centuries there have been 964 constitutions written and only. 406 have lasted more than a decade: afghanistan has held three presidential elections (2004, 2009, 2015, legislative elections held in 2005 and 2010. Independent supreme court: approved on january 4, 2004, presidential system (2 terms limit, unitary government, bicameral legislature d, recognizes minority languages, reserved seats for women in both houses g. Fuels insurgency and: history, context corruption, how do we assess constitutions, to what extent does a constitution do the following, generate state legitimacy. 11. channeling conflict: but voter turnout down, corruption issues, security, local power holders coopted by political appointments to cabinet or provincial governments. Has hindered human rights accountability: checks and balances: 2006 parliament removed chief justice of supreme court, 2010 wolesi jirga rejected 17 of 24 of karzai"s cabinet appointees, problems: article 83 did not specify electoral system.
