Coexistence between the Formal and Informal Justice Systems in Ethiopia:

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" Coexistence between the Formal and Informal Justice Systems in Ethiopia: "
Tsehai Wada Wourji

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064497
Doc. No	:	LA108126
Call No	:	‭10.1163/17087384-12342012‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Tsehai Wada Wourji
Title & Author	:	Coexistence between the Formal and Informal Justice Systems in Ethiopia: [Article] : Challenges and Prospects\ Tsehai Wada Wourji
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill \| Nijhoff
Title of Periodical	:	African Journal of Legal Studies
Date	:	2012
Volume/ Issue Number	:	5/3
Page No	:	269–293
Abstract	:	Though Ethiopia has never been colonized, the voluntary importation of European laws and the exercise in nation building has resulted in a situation whereby the formal and informal legal systems have to coexist in harmony or disharmony. Both systems are extant, though the future appears to be favourable for the prevalence of the formal system. This article argues that the informal system is showing signs of irrelevance and may be prevailed by the formal. It also counsels that the formal system should be helped to cleanse itself from the many shortcomings that are challenging its relevance and legitimacy. Though Ethiopia has never been colonized, the voluntary importation of European laws and the exercise in nation building has resulted in a situation whereby the formal and informal legal systems have to coexist in harmony or disharmony. Both systems are extant, though the future appears to be favourable for the prevalence of the formal system. This article argues that the informal system is showing signs of irrelevance and may be prevailed by the formal. It also counsels that the formal system should be helped to cleanse itself from the many shortcomings that are challenging its relevance and legitimacy. Though Ethiopia has never been colonized, the voluntary importation of European laws and the exercise in nation building has resulted in a situation whereby the formal and informal legal systems have to coexist in harmony or disharmony. Both systems are extant, though the future appears to be favourable for the prevalence of the formal system. This article argues that the informal system is showing signs of irrelevance and may be prevailed by the formal. It also counsels that the formal system should be helped to cleanse itself from the many shortcomings that are challenging its relevance and legitimacy. Though Ethiopia has never been colonized, the voluntary importation of European laws and the exercise in nation building has resulted in a situation whereby the formal and informal legal systems have to coexist in harmony or disharmony. Both systems are extant, though the future appears to be favourable for the prevalence of the formal system. This article argues that the informal system is showing signs of irrelevance and may be prevailed by the formal. It also counsels that the formal system should be helped to cleanse itself from the many shortcomings that are challenging its relevance and legitimacy.
Descriptor	:	customary law and dispute settlement institutions
Descriptor	:	Ethiopia
Descriptor	:	informal and formal justice systems
Descriptor	:	legal pluralism
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/17087384-12342012‬