CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2009
| Author | Hessebon, Gedion Timothewos |
|---|---|
| Title | An Apologetics for Constitutionalism and Fundamental Rights: Freedom of Expression in Ethiopia |
| Summary | In the Ethiopian state, the political culture and history of the state coupled with tensions that arise from the heterogeneity of the body politic pose challenges to constitutionalism and freedoms like freedom of expression. The experience of the US and South Africa show that constitutionalism faces and had faced challenges even in countries we consider to be well established constitutionalist states. The relative success of constitutionalism in this countries reveals that constitutionalism is a work in progress in which contextualization of abstract normative ideals has to be undertaken by a functionally judicial body. Constitutionalism could also overcome some of the major challenges it faces in Ethiopia if it was to be conceived as a work in progress wherein the Council of Constitutional Inquiry or even a future Constitutional Court lead the way in the process of contextualization. |
| Supervisor | Uitz Renata |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2009/hessebon_gedion.pdf |
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