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Title: | Socialist Ethiopia's achievements as reflected in its basic laws |
Author: | Nahum, Fasil |
Year: | 1980 |
Periodical: | Journal of Ethiopian Law |
Volume: | 11 |
Pages: | 83-88 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | revolutions legislation |
Abstract: | A major characteristic of the Ethiopian Revolution of 1974 has been its employment of the machinery of the law in bringing about fundamental social changes. No basic change has been implemented without corresponding legal prescription. The Revolution has made possible the issuance of sweeping substantive legal prescriptions geared toward improving the conditions of the Ethiopian masses as well as the establishment of appropriate channels of decision-making. And these have been accomplished through basic laws. Five such basic laws falling into the category of constitutional acts are examined here: the Proclamation to Provide for the Public Ownership of Rural Lands; the Proclamation to Provide for the Organisation and Consolidation of Peasant Associations; the Proclamation to Provide for Government Ownership of Urban Lands and Extra Urban Houses; the Urban Dwellers' Associations Consolidation and Municipalities Proclamation; and the Labour Proclamation. Notes. |