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A to Z is a collection of resources for Ethiopian's legal profession, students, academics and the public. These links have been collected so that users with an interest in the law and Ethiopia may be able to access the Ethiopian legal information they require more quickly. The site is organized simply into an alphabetical list of law subjects. This link is a very helpful source for students who want to study online as teaching materials written by different university teachers under the sponsorship of Justice and Legal System Research Institute are included in the list. Moreover, Training materials prepared by different Proffessionals under the sponsorship of Federal Justice Organs Professionals Training Centerare also in our list.
Generally, summary procedure refers to a procedure by which the plaintiff may prosecute his claim without the necessity of instituting a full-scale suit. Similarly, accelerated procedure provides for the immediate hearing of certain kinds of cases speedily and without a full-scale suit, because the nature of the case requires and…
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On the basis of Art 273, we are coming closer to the culmination of the life of a civil suit. That is, once we address issues with regard to the pre-trial stage and trial stage; now we will embark on the final section which deals with judgment and decree. According…
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Under the adversarial system of litigation, which our system of litigation has adopted, the role of the court is minimal with regard to the examination of witnesses. This role in the adversarial system is said to be minimal only when it is compared with the inquisitorial system of litigation. However,…
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Conduct of The Trial As we have seen before, at the trial each party introduces the oral and documentary evidence necessary to support his side of the issue. In this section, we will consider the rules governing how this evidence is to be introduced. Order of Proceeding What is a…
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THE TRIAL AND OTHER PROCEDURES All that has gone at the first hearing culminates in the trial. At the trial stage, the issues developed at the first hearing would be resolved, and then judgment and decree would be passed. To this effect, the trial essentially involves the introduction of evidence…
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Liberal economic theory is based on the premise that free-market yield maximum productivity. In the eighteenth century, Adam Smith and David Ricardo came up with the liberal economic theory and challenged mercantilism. Mercantilism argues that extensive state regulation of economic activity is necessary to promote the interest of a nation.…
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When communism proved to be unsuccessful, a free-market economy was accepted as a means to marshal economic development. Then, the private economy was considered essential for the development of an economy. As a result, privatization of state companies took place in developed and developing countries. Accordingly, the ideological predisposition to…
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The dependency theory is a criticism of the classical theory. It does focus on an entirely different meaning of economic development. It redefines development as requiring not wealth transfer to the host state, but the development of the people of a state as a whole. It is popular among Latin…
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According to classical economic theory, foreign investment is wholly beneficial to the host economy. In other words, pursuant to the classical economic theory, it is the economy where the investment is made that benefited wholly from the investment. What are the reasons upon which classical economic theory is based? Capital…
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One of the crucial issues that the draftsperson had to resolve before he set out to work on the project was as to whether the Commercial Code should be subjective or objective. A subjective Commercial Code is one which regulates a community of persons designated as “traders”. It considers above…
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Business organizations had gone through various stages throughout the centuries before they came to acquire characteristics which have made up distinct organizational forms prevalent in Ethiopia today. They grew from a single individual to a group of individuals organized, first in some sort of partnerships, then in a more refined…
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Overview Our last discussions focused on the general significance and application of registration of real property. In this section, an attempt will be made to consider the understanding and coverage of registration of real property in our country. Both the strong sides and limitations will be highlighted taking into…
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Overview In the last section, we have seen cadastre as one main method of Land Information Systems. We discussed about the nature of cadastre, cadastral agencies and its essential contribution to the economy. In the present section, we shall discuss about land registration, a very related matter to cadastre…
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Introduction Problems concerning the appropriate use of land resources and improved management of land are important all over the world. Due to this, they must be given greater attention. Information related specified units of immovable property units is a cornerstone of Land Information Systems since data concerning ownership and…
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