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Constitutional Development in Ethiopia
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 July 2009
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The origin and character of Ethiopian central institutions can be understood by reference to at least four main factors: the religious history of the country; its geography; its internal wars; and the advent of Islam, which cut it off from the World outside for several centuries, and affected the course of its history.
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page 79 note 1 Between 1955 and 1960 the then Minister of Defence presided.
page 79 note 2 At the beginning the administrative units now called Taklai Ghizats (governorates-general) were called Awraja Ghizats (Districts). With the abolition of the federal status of Eritrea in 1962 and the elevation of the district of Bale in Harar to the status of a Taklai Ghizat, there are now 14 Taklai Ghizats.
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page 88 note 2 Attorney-General v. Lishi Sophia (1959), Federal Supreme Court (unreported).
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