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Title: Vol. 15 No.1:Ethiopia`s Quest for an Appropriate Law: ‘An Answer’ from a Brother from Afar
Authors: Abdo, Muradu
Keywords: Liberal legality · Socialist legality · Modernization · Appropriate law · Sankofa · Ethiopia Suggested citation
Issue Date: Sep-2021
Publisher: St.Mary's University
Abstract: There have been three waves of foreign influence in the ‘flesh’ and ‘soul’ of the Ethiopian legal regime ranging from the reception of liberal laws from Western modern legal systems to the socialist legality borrowed from the Marxist regimes of the pre-1990s. While the first epoch turned to the West for emulation, socialist legality went East. From the1990s onward, Ethiopia seems to have a hybrid (guramaile) of the two. Once again, Ethiopia’s post-2018 legal regime is rehearsing yet another chapter in its quest for the appropriate law. This comment reflects these pursuits and challenges, and it indicates the need for insight from an indigenous African wisdom of Sankofa.
URI: http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/mlr.v15i1.9
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