Excerpt from The Constitution and Laws of Afghanistan Amir Abdurrahman succeeds to the throne, and abolishes the Law of Self-redress and Blood-money through the Whole of Afghanistan. The Amir passes a law concerning the status of women, and abolishes accessory dower. The Amir introduced the system of Oath of Allegiance on the Koran amongst his councillors. The Amir appointed his son Habibullah Khan to hold the public Durbars. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter X Comments on Private Law That remarkable man, Abdurrahman, has been called by some writers the "Napoleon of Afghanistan," from the fact that he rose from the position of a lowly soldier to become the most powerful monarch in the East. Others call him " Peter the Great," because, like that ruler, he has worked with his own hands as a carpenter, a blacksmith, a riflemaker, and a bricklayer, that he might teach his people and set them a good example. He has also introduced engineering and mechanical industries into the country. In my opinion steam-power is the predominant force in pushing forward the civilisation of a nation; and by introducing modern appliances into Afghanistan the Amir has shown a keen grasp of the part this measure would play in the position his nation would occupy in the future history of Asia. Other writers call the Amir " an heir to Alexander the Great," from his love of extending his dominions and subduing the wild races of the hills, who never lived under such peaceable conditions before under any Sovereign in the whole history of the world. But I, his humble servant, who have had the honour of enjoying his confidence for twelve years, as Lord Curzon says, in one of his friendly letters to me, prefer to call the Amir the "Justinian of Afghanistan," which is a title worthier of him, and yet has not been bestowed upon him by any previous writer. It would be impossible to compress into one short thesis--much less into one chapter of it--all the improvements that the Amir has introduced into the Private Law of Afghanistan. The various particular codes of law made by the Amir are so numerous that even in Afghanistan, in the language of the country itself, they have not been put together in one volume, and...

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Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone and the rule of law as a secular-liberal monopoly, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first Muslim-majority country to gain independence, codify its own laws, and ratify a constitution after the fall of the Ottoman Empire. Afghanistan Rising illustrates how turn-of-the-twentieth-century Kabul--far from being a landlocked wilderness or remote frontier--became a magnet for itinerant scholars and statesmen shuttling between Ottoman and British imperial domains. Tracing the country's longstanding but often ignored scholarly and educational ties to Baghdad, Damascus, and Istanbul as well as greater Delhi and Lahore, Ahmed explains how the court of Kabul attracted thinkers eager to craft a modern state within the interpretive traditions of Islamic law and ethics, or shariʿa, and international norms of legality. From Turkish lawyers and Arab officers to Pashtun clerics and Indian bureaucrats, this rich narrative focuses on encounters between divergent streams of modern Muslim thought and politics, beginning with the Sublime Porte's first mission to Afghanistan in 1877 and concluding with the collapse of Ottoman rule after World War I. By unearthing a lost history behind Afghanistan's founding national charter, Ahmed shows how debates today on Islam, governance, and the rule of law have deep roots in a beleaguered land. Based on archival research in six countries and as many languages, Afghanistan Rising rediscovers a time when Kabul stood proudly as a center of constitutional politics, Muslim cosmopolitanism, and contested visions of reform in the greater Islamicate world.

Excerpt from Military Laws of the United States: To Which Is Prefixed the Constitution of the United States I have received and considered your letter of the 24th instant. Suggesting a compilation of the acts of congress, relating to the army and the militia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

American liberals and conservatives alike take for granted a progressive view of the Constitution that took root in the early twentieth century. Richard Epstein laments this complacency which, he believes, explains America’s current economic malaise and political gridlock. Steering clear of well-worn debates between defenders of originalism and proponents of a living Constitution, Epstein employs close textual reading, historical analysis, and political and economic theory to urge a return to the classical liberal theory of governance that animated the framers’ original text, and to the limited government this theory supports. “[An] important and learned book.” —Gary L. McDowell, Times Literary Supplement “Epstein has now produced a full-scale and full-throated defense of his unusual vision of the Constitution. This book is his magnum opus...Much of his book consists of comprehensive and exceptionally detailed accounts of how constitutional provisions ought to be understood...All of Epstein’s particular discussions are instructive, and most of them are provocative...Epstein has written a passionate, learned, and committed book.” —Cass R. Sunstein, New Republic