Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Since the new constitution of Ethiopia enacted in 1995, Ethiopia's legal system consisted of federal law with bicameral legislature. [1] The House of People's Representatives (HoPR) is the lower chamber of bicameral legislature of Federal Parliamentary Assembly with 547 seats and the House of Federation with 108 seats, the former vested on executive power of Prime Minister and the Council of ...
For example, Sharia law has been enshrined in both federal and state levels, despite obligated to follow disciplinary rule of ordinary courts and receive their budgets from the state. In Ethiopia, customary courts generally unrecognized by laws embracing traditional and local customs.
Article 40(3): "land is a common property of the Nations, Nationalities and Peoples of Ethiopia and shall not be subject to sale or to other means of exchange". [15] Article 45: "the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia shall have a parliamentarian form of government”. Some want presidential form of government." [15]
However, there is agreement that it plays a fundamental role of integrating clans, promoting peace, and mediating between human and divine worlds. The gumi gaayo (meeting of the multitude) held in every eight years and provides promulgations, adaptation or repealing the seera law and aadaa customs. [3] [5]
Ethiopia has dual judicial system with two equivalent court structures; the federal courts and state courts with independent structures and administration. [1] The FDRE constitution vested federal judicial authority to the Federal Supreme Court and guarantees liability for the House of People's Representatives (HPR) to determine two-third majority vote for establishment subordinate federal ...
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Pages for logged out editors learn more
Get AOL Mail for FREE! Manage your email like never before with travel, photo & document views. Personalize your inbox with themes & tabs. You've Got Mail!
Ethiopia has had four constitutions: . 1931 Constitution of Ethiopia; 1955 Constitution of Ethiopia; 1987 Constitution of Ethiopia; 1995 Constitution of Ethiopia; A proposed revision of the 1955 constitution was released in 1974, but it had no legal effect, and was soon forgotten in the events of the Ethiopian Revolution.