TRANSPLANTATIONS OF LEGAL SYSTEMS: AN EARLY REPORT ON THE RECEPTION OF WESTERN LAWS IN ETHIOPIA

ID:	TARP-173
Title:	TRANSPLANTATIONS OF LEGAL SYSTEMS: AN EARLY REPORT ON THE RECEPTION OF WESTERN LAWS IN ETHIOPIA
Source:	The American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 21, page 557
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Year:	1973
Pages:	0
Author(s):	John H. Beckstrom
Keywords:	culture, European Communities, legal institutions, legal system, legal transplant, legal transplantation, Ethiopia
Abstract:	In the 1950’s and 1960’s a comprehensive series of codes was enacted in Ethiopia drawn principally from European sources. Ethiopia has a rich, ancient, cultural history and was never colonized by foreign countries for long. The law of Ethiopia was more an amorphous mix with some legislation primary in the public law and a Penal Code. However, the majority of law was found in the customs and traditions of the various tribal and religious groupings. This indicates that the imported law would meet considerable problems. Another transplantation difficulty is, that Ethiopia is one of the world’s least economically developed countries, with a low literacy rate and poor technical and administrative capabilities. The article appraises the extent to which Western laws and legal institutions have been absorbed in Ethiopia.
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