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Title: | Enigma of Eritrean legislation |
Author: | Nahum, Fasil |
Year: | 1973 |
Periodical: | Journal of Ethiopian Law |
Volume: | 9 |
Issue: | 2 |
Pages: | 307-345 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Eritrea |
Subjects: | legislation federalism |
Abstract: | Had the legal surgery which accompanied the termination of Eritrean federal status back in 1962 been throughly and adequately performed, would the complications of law raised a decade later by Bahta et al. v. Public Prosecutor have been necessary? While the Federation has been terminated, its legal problems have not. There is in Eritrea a confusingly complex legal process not completely congruent with and yet within the context of the Ethiopian legal system. The declaration of the state of emergency obviously adds to the atmosphere of uncertainty. Yet the enigma of Eritrean legislation is purely a product of Eritrea's legal history and could have been satisfactorily solved at the time of the termination of the Federation. To illustrate this, a brief survey of Eritrea's modern legal history follows: Legal history 1890-1962 - Order 27 - The Bahta Case - Penal Code v. Banditry Act - Policy considerations: new light in Court - Collective responsibility - Overhauling the system - Conclusion. Appendices with some acts and some cases. |