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Family law

23.May
Last Updated: 23 May 2016
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When Globalization Hits Home: International Family Law Comes of Age

Intercountry Adoption: Policies, Practices and Outcomes (Foreword)

Contract and tort law

22.May
Last Updated: 23 May 2016
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Ethiopian Law of Contracts

Tort Law and Development: Insights into the Case of Ethiopia and Eritrea

Interpretation of Contracts in Ethiopia: Subjective or Objective Method?

constitution

18.May
Last Updated: 23 May 2016
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Constitution as a Source of Rule of Law

Rule By Law in Ethiopia - Ethiopia Human Rights Project

Ethiopia: Problems and Prospects for Democracy

Federalism, Secession & Devolution: From Classical to Post-Conflict Federalism

Legal Pluralism in Light of the Federal and State Constitutions of Ethiopia: A Critical Appraisal

Ethnicity, Federalism and Development: Constitutional Solutions for Ethiopia?

Exploring Subnational Constitutionalism

Judicial Referral of Constitutional Disputes in Ethiopia: From Practice to Theory

The Judicial Duty to Protect and Enforce Constitutional Rights of Accused Persons Unrepresented by Counsel

Greater Ethiopia: Evolution of a Pluralist Politico-Legal System in a Pluralist Polity

The Status of Minority Nationalities Under the Local Self-Government of the Ethiopian Transitional Period

Petitioning the Executive in Ethiopia: Trends, Implications and Propriety of Institutionalizing Petitioning

International law

18.May
Last Updated: 23 May 2016
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Ethiopia's Sovereign Right of Access to the Sea under International Law

the legal aspect of ethiopian-somali dispute

Egypt, Ethiopia, and the Nile: The Economics of International Water Law

ethiopia and eritrea: war or peace? - International Crisis Group

The Monist-Dualist Divide and the Supremacy Clause: Revisiting the Status of Human Rights Treaties in Ethiopia

For Whom the Little Bells Toll: Recent Judgments by International Tribunals on the Legality of Cluster Munitions

Civil Liability for Violations of International Humanitarian Law: The Jurisprudence of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission in the Hague

The Nile Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement the Beginning of the End of Egyptian Hydro-Political Hegemony

Counter-Intervention, Invitation, Both or Neither? An Appraisal of the 2006 Ethiopian Military Intervention in Somalia

Ethiopia's Armed Intervention in Somalia: The Legality of Self-Defense in Response to the Threat of Terrorism

Ethiopia-Eritrea Conflict: Self Determination of Peoples or 'International Community' Interests?

Governance and Development of Eritrea and its Regional Context

The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Africa: Progress After 5 Years

The Jus Ad Bellum and the 1998 Initiation of the Eritrean-Ethiopian War

Greater Ethiopia: Evolution of a Pluralist Politico-Legal System in a Pluralist Polity

Displacement of Civilians During Armed Conflict in the Light of the Case Law of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Claims Commission

Unravelling Cooperation: The Role and Limits of Cooperation in the Governance of International Watercourses in Customary International Law

Too Rough a Justice: The Ethiopia-Eritrea Claims Commission and International Civil Liability for Claims for Rape Under International Humanitarian Law

Self-Defence, Intervention by Invitaion, or Proxy War? The Legality of the 2006 Ethiopian Invasion of Somalia

Crossed Wires: Issues of Sovereignty, Community and Civilisation During Ethiopia's Accession to the League of Nations’

The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and Ethiopia's Succession in Hydro-Legal Prominence: A Script in Legal History of Diplomatic Confront (1957-2013)

Empire Des Nègres Blancs: The Hybridity of International Personality and the Abyssinia Crisis of 1935-36

Compensation for War Damages Under Jus Ad Bellum

Remodeling Sovereignty: Overtures of a New Water Security Paradigm in the Nile Basin Legal Discourse

The Anglo-Ethiopian Treaty on the Nile and the Tana Dam Concessions: A Script in Legal History of Ethiopia's Diplomatic Confront (1900-1956)

Slavery and the League of Nations: Ethiopia as a Civilised Nation

A Critical Assessment of the Legal Principles Underlying the Nile River Basin Cooperative Framework Agreement

The Eritrea/Ethiopia Claims Commission Oversteps its Boundaries: A Partial Award?

Towards a Permanent International Claims Commission for Victims of Violations of International Humanitarian Law

 

Human rights and gender issues

18.May
Last Updated: 23 May 2016
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Woman's Right to and Control over Rural Land in Ethiopia

The Legal Framework for Freedom of Expression in Ethiopia - Article 19

The Ethiopia's Legal Framework on Domestic Violence against

Ethiopia's Anti-Terrorism Law: A Tool to Stifle Dissent - Oakland Institute

Case study: Diversion of children in conflict with the law in community

Female Genital Mutiliation (fgm) in ethiopia - 28 Too Many

Development-Induced Displacement and Resettlement: Social Problem and Human Rights Issue 

The Justiciability of Human Rights in the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Counter Terrorism Law and Freedom of Expression in Ethiopia: The Need to Strike a Right Balance

Intrahousehold Inequality and Child Gender Bias in Ethiopia

The Judicial Duty to Protect and Enforce Constitutional Rights of Accused Persons Unrepresented by Counsel

From Justiciability to Justice: Realizing the Human Right to Food

Silencing the Ethiopian Courts: Non-Judicial Constitutional Review and its Impact on Human Rights

Policy Reform Toward Gender Equality in Ethiopia: Little by Little the Egg Begins to Walk

Strengthening Economic Rights and Women's Occupational Choice: The Impact of Reforming Ethiopia's Family Law

Right to Privacy Safeguards in Ethiopia: A Critique of Laws and Practices

Women's Rights and Legal Pluralism: A Case Study of the Ethiopian Somali Regional State

Freedom of Expression and the Media Landscape in Ethiopia: Contemporary Challenges

Reforming Prison Law to Improve the Condition of Women Specific Health and Sanitary Care in Ethiopia

Data Privacy Law and Practice in Ethiopia

The Human Rights of Rural Women and Climate Change in Ethiopia: An Introduction to Legal Issues

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