Practising Law Under the Emirate: Afghan defence lawyers fight for space in a transformed justice system
Hamed Pakteen
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After the fall of the Islamic Republic, the newly empowered Islamic Emirate radically overhauled the courts and the criminal justice system, elevating sharia as the sole source of law, along with the mullah-judges who now interpret Islamic jurisprudence. Defence lawyers, whose role is to protect the interests of the accused, have been marginalised, their professional […]
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