World Bank2013-08-072013-08-072004https://hdl.handle.net/10986/14866The judicial and legal sector of Ethiopia presents a variety of significant challenges. The legal system as it exists today combines elements of both civil and common law1 with traditional practices, resulting in multiple layers intermingling and superimposing distinct types of modern, traditional, and religious laws and processes. This report provides an overview of Ethiopia's current legal system focusing on four key issues: judiciary, access to justice, commercial justice, and sequencing of reform efforts. Other issues are commented upon briefly to provide context and elucidate interconnections between issues. The report focuses mainly on the formal legal system as established by the 1995 Constitution.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOACCESS TO JUSTICEACTSADJUDICATIONAPPELLATE COURTSARBITRATIONCAPITAL CITIESCENTRAL GOVERNMENTCITIZENSCIVIL SERVICECIVIL SOCIETYCOLONIESCOLONIZATIONCOMMERCIAL DISPUTE RESOLUTIONCOMMERCIAL LAWCOMMON LAWCOMPARATIVE LAWCONSENSUSCONSTITUTIONCONSTITUTIONSCOUNCIL OF MINISTERSCOUNCILSCOUNSELCOURT ADMINISTRATIONCOURT DECISIONSCOURT JUDGMENTSCOURTSCRIMECRIMESCUSTOMARY COURTSCUSTOMSDECENTRALIZATIONDICTATORSHIPDISPUTE RESOLUTIONDISTRICT COURTSDISTRICTSELECTED REPRESENTATIVESENACTMENTEQUALITYFEDERAL GOVERNMENTFEDERAL POLICEFEDERALISMGENDERHEAD OF STATEHUMAN RIGHTSINDIVIDUAL RIGHTSINSTITUTIONAL CAPACITYJUDGESJUDICIAL ADMINISTRATIONJUDICIAL BODIESJUDICIAL DECISIONSJUDICIAL INDEPENDENCEJUDICIAL INSTITUTIONSJUDICIAL POWERSJUDICIAL REFORMJUDICIAL REFORM PROGRAMSJUDICIAL SECTORJUDICIAL SYSTEMJUDICIAL SYSTEMSJUDICIAL TRAININGJUDICIARYJURISDICTIONJUSTICEKINGDOMSKINGSLAW REFORMLAW SCHOOLSLAW STUDENTSLAWSLEGAL AIDLEGAL AUTHORITYLEGAL CODESLEGAL EDUCATIONLEGAL FRAMEWORKLEGAL INFORMATIONLEGAL INSTITUTIONSLEGAL PROFESSIONLEGAL SECTORLEGAL SYSTEMSLEGAL TRAININGLEGISLATIONLEGISLATIVE AUTHORITYLEGISLATURELEVELS OF GOVERNMENTMEDIATIONMEMBER STATESMIDDLE EASTERNNATIONSPRECEDENTSPRISONSPRIVACYREPRESENTATIVESRULE OF LAWRULINGSSECESSIONSELECTION OF JUDGESSTATE COURTSSTATE LAWSTATE LAWSSUB-SAHARAN AFRICASUPREME COURTSUNDPUSAIDWOMEN LAWYERSWorld Bank10.1596/14866