Browsing Faculty of Law by Author "Fessha, Yonatan"
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Addressing the limits of autonomy: Origin, organization and purpose of horizontal intergovernmental forums in three federations
Fessha, Yonatan (Centro Studi sul Federalismo, 2020)Horizontal intergovernmental forums that bring together the constituent units of a federation are increasingly common. This article examines the origin, organization and purpose of the premium horizontal intergovernmental ... -
Federation among unequals. A country study of constitutional asymmetry in Ethiopia
Fessha, Yonatan; Bezabih, Biniyam (Palgrave MacMillan, 2019)Although some level of political asymmetry is unavoidable in any federal arrangement, the problem of an Ethiopian federation affected by glaring political asymmetry remains unexplored. The aim of this chapter is to examine ... -
Intergovernmental cooperation, divided societies and capital cities: The case of the Ethiopian capital
Fessha, Yonatan (Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft, 2020)Some call it Addis Ababa. Others call it Finfinnee. That is the capital city of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. "What's in a name?" In fact, the name is at the centre of the row over the federal capital. ... -
The law and politics of internal secession: The Ethiopian experience in comparative perspective
Fessha, Yonatan; Ayele, Zemelak (Palgrave Macmillan, Cham, 2021)Although secession has been the subject of much scholarly work, the focus has largely been on the external dimension of secession, the decision of a territory to leave an existing state and establish itself as independent ... -
Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia
Dessalegn, Beza; Fessha, Yonatan (Addis Ababa UniversityAddis Ababa University - School of Law, 2019)Ethiopia’s federal dispensation, ushered under the 1995 Constitution, guarantees ethnic groups – constitutionally termed as “nations, nationalities and peoples” – a wide array of self-rule rights. The Constitution also ... -
Status quo report on intergovernmental relations regarding local government
Steytler, Nicolas; Fessha, Yonatan; Kirkby, Coel (Community Law Centre, University of the Western Cape, 2006)Local government in South Africa is a unique experiment in intergovernmental relations. Guided by the constitutional principle of co-operative government, the provinces, and district and local municipalities must work ... -
Subnational constitutionalism in Ethiopia : Constitutional déjà vu
Fessha, Yonatan (Routledge, 2021)This chapter provides a concise account of the nature, scope and relevance of state constitutions in Ethiopia. The major armed forces that challenged state policy were the Eritrean liberation fronts that launched armed ...