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The Primacy of EU Law over French Law: EU Law Takes Precedence over National Law?
Author: *Dr Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: Political Reflection Date of Publication: 23 November 2021 Photo credit: Regan Dsouza/Pexels Key Comment This article examines France’s constitutional and judicial response to the European Union’s doctrine of supremacy, tracing how French courts and political institutions gradually accepted, resisted, or reshaped the principle that EU law prevails over conflicting national…
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The Supremacy of EU Law over German Law: EU Law vs National Law
Author: *Dr Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: Political Reflection Date of Publication: 24 March 2021 Photo credit: Claudia Solano/Pexels Key Comment This essay examines the Federal Constitutional Court (FCC) of Germany’s recognition of the supremacy of EU law and its implications for domestic sovereignty. It traces three stages of German judicial attitudes—from unconditional acceptance to conditional…
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EU LAW vs UK LAW – The Primacy of EU Law over National Law: Great Britain’s Response
Author: *Dr Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: Political Reflection Date of Publication: 31 July 2020 Photo credit: AXP Photography/Pexels Key Comment This essay examines whether the United Kingdom accepted the supremacy of EU law over domestic law and how its courts reconciled this with parliamentary sovereignty. It analyses the European Communities Act 1972, the development of…
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The Supremacy of EU Law over National Law: The ECJ’s Perspectives
Author: *Dr Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: Political Reflection Date of Publication: 19 January 2020 Photo credit: Patrick Jaksic/Pexels Key Comment This essay examines the European Court of Justice’s (ECJ) doctrine of the supremacy of EU law over national law. Its relevance to International Relations lies in showing how EU legal authority shapes sovereignty, inter-state cooperation, and…
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Shall the Court Subject CounterTerrorism Law to Judicial Review?National Security vs Human Rights
Author: *Dr Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: Political Reflection Publication Date: 5 November 2019 Photo Credit: Christian Wasserfallen/Pexels Key Comment This article examines how UK and European courts have navigated the tension between human rights and national security in terrorism emergencies, analysing pre‑ and post‑Human Rights Act 1998 jurisprudence and assessing whether constitutional legitimacy justifies…
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Article Summary: America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy and Decision Making from Bush to Obama to Trump
Author: *Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: Political Reflections Date of Publication: January/February 2019 Photo credit: Original book cover Overview In this article, Sharifullah Dorani offers a concise and authoritative summary of his book America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy and Decision Making from Bush to Obama to Trump, originally published by I.B. Tauris (and later by…
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Review of Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism by Melvyn P. Leffler
External Reviewer: *Dr Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: Journal of Global Analysis Book: Safeguarding Democratic Capitalism by Melvyn P. Leffler Author: Melvyn P. Leffler Photo credit: Original book cover Key Comment Dr Sharifullah Dorani highlights the exceptional breadth of Leffler’s five decades of scholarship and argues that the book stands out as one of the…
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Interview with Dr Sharifullah Dorani on American Foreign Policy under the Trump Presidency
Interviewer: Dr Rahman Dag Interviewee: *Dr Sharifullah Dorani Original Publication: CESRAN International Publication Date: 21 July 2019 Photo credit: Polina Zimmerman/Pexels Key Comment Dr Dorani argues that the foreign policy of the Donald Trump Administration represented a sharp break from prior U.S. traditions: more unilateral, more transactional, and more sceptical of alliances. He frames…
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The Rideau Institutue’s Review of America in Afghanistan
Reviewer: Peggy Mason Original Publication: The Rideau Institute Date of Publication: 27 January 2020 Photo credit: Kamal Hyder/ Pexels External Review This review of America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy and Decision Making from Bush to Obama to Trump by Sharifullah Dorani was written by Peggy Mason for the Rideau Institute and published on 27…
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Carter Malkasian’s Review of America in Afghanistan
Reviewer: Carter Malkasian Original Publication: The Strategy Bridge Publication Date: 21 October 2019 Photo Credit: Zarif Amir/ Pexels External Review This review of America in Afghanistan: Foreign Policy and Decision Making from Bush to Obama to Trump by Sharifullah Dorani was originally published as an independent assessment. A concise excerpt and summary are presented…