TY - BOOK AU - Haress,Ghizaal ED - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU). TI - Judicial review in Afghanistan : : a flawed practice / T2 - (Issues paper) SN - 9789936628755 AV - Pamphlet KNF470. H374 2017 PY - 2017/// CY - Kabul, Afghanistan : PB - Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit (AREU), KW - Rule of law – Afghanistan KW - Law reform – Afghanistan KW - Islamic law – Afghanistan KW - Justice, Administration of – Afghanistan N1 - Cover title. “August 2017”. “United States Institute of Peace”—cover page. “AREU Research for a better Afghanistan”—cover page. “15 years of high-quality research”—cover page ; Contents: About the author—About the Afghanistan Research and Evaluation Unit—About the United State Institute of Peace—Acknowledgements—Executive summary—Introduction—1. What is judicial review—2. Judicial review in the constitutional history of Afghanistan—3. Judicial review in the constitution of 2004—3. Judicial review : 12 years of practice—4. Constitutional oversight—Conclusion—Recommendations—Bibliography N2 - Summary: “Judicial review is the power of a court, or a similar institution, to review and decide on the constitutionality of laws and public acts. Though Marbury V. Madison marks the beginning of this practice in the US, the scope of judicial review expanded in Europe in the aftermath of the second world war and since then the practice has grown rapidly in all parts of the world. Today, almost all constitutions recognize…”—(page 2) ER -