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Federation among unequals. A country study of constitutional asymmetry in Ethiopia
(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 ...
Mobility and ethnic federalism in Ethiopia
(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 ...
In the name of diversity: The disenfranchisement of citizens in an African Federation
(Brill, 2021)
The empowerment of ethnic communities is the cornerstone of the constitutional arrangement of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia. The
Constitution organises the state along ethnic lines by using ethnicity as ...
The law and politics of internal secession: The Ethiopian experience in comparative perspective
(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 ...
Subnational constitutionalism in Ethiopia : Constitutional déjà vu
(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 ...
Controlling public health emergencies in federal systems
(Routledge, 2021)
It was merely a day after the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the
coronavirus disease (Covid-19) a global pandemic that Ethiopia recorded its first
case of infection. On 12 March 2020, a week after entering the ...
Constitutionalism and electoral authoritarianism in Ethiopia: From EPRDF to EPP
(Oxford University, 2020)
Ethiopia has had little experience of democratic political systems. For centuries it
was a monarchy, ruled by successive emperors who traced their political authority
to divine sources as opposed to the people.1 Although ...