CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2016
| Author | Adem, Abdulnasir Bereket |
|---|---|
| Title | The Role of the Military in Fostering Constitutionalism: A Comparative Study of Ethiopia, Turkey, and the USA |
| Summary | More than 20 years since the proclamation of the of the Ethiopian constitution, constitutionalism still calls for an attention, particularly in light of the excess powers vesting with the military. This paper will study the role of the military in fostering or hampering constitutionalism. Through the course of this thesis I will underlie my research with the assumption that effective civil-military relations is necessary to build a stable constitutional order which is underlined by the tenants of constitutionalism. I will argue that the fundamental problem with constitutionalism in Ethiopia is that the Ethiopia military does not pass the two challenges selected for this thesis; which are: political neutrality and the existence of civilian supremacy over the military. As the experience of the USA and Turkey shows the early history of the military institution affects the armed forces to be partisan in nature. As concerns to civilian supremacy the study shows that lack of diversity in the parliament, complicated party politics and diversified mission of the military leads the civilian not to effectuate control over the military. This thesis will aim to demonstrate the benefits of strictly demarcating a system where the civil-military relationship is policed by values of constitutionalism. |
| Supervisor | Adem Abdulnasir Bereket |
| Department | Legal Studies LLM |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2016/adem_abdulnasir.pdf |
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