Legal Elites in Afghan Society
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8968689 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marvin G Weinbaum (University of Illinois System, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1980 |
| Volume | 12 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 39-57 |
| Publication date | 1980-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal Middle East Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0020-7438 • E-ISSN: 1471-6380 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0020743800027124 |
| OpenAlex | W2018314123 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 4 |
Afghanistan's Khalq leaders who seized power in April 1978 inherited a mixed legal system and a bifurcated legal elite. In theirn ideological commitment to revolutionary chanfe, the Marxist government sought to employ legal institutions to further far-reaching social and political aims. The ruling group intended to curb the power of local jurists and the authority of Islamic legal reasonin through secularizing administration of the law. These policies testified for many to the regime's underlying hostility toward religion, and its determination to displace autonomous provincial leadership, both motives for rebellion by tribal insurgents and Islamic nationalists in 1979. This essay, which was researched and written before the fall of the Daoud government, examines Afghanistan's legal cadres, their education, recruitment, and performance. The persistance of Islamic influences in these processes, along with the adoption of modern practices, should convey the depth of traditionalism in the nation and also the capacity of the Afghans to accommodate new concepts not hastily or callously imposed
Afghan · Elite · Geography · Government (linguistics · Humanities · Ideology · Islam · Legal profession · Legal realism · Marxist philosophy · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Sharia · Sociology · Traditionalism · American Constitutional Law and Politics · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance · Law · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · Public Administration
| Unique citing works | 5 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,14 |
| Citation span | 1991 - 2019 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |