Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1968
Abstract
The aim of this article is to set out and discuss some general principles of interpreting the Ethiopian Penal Code – that is to say, of using it. Even now, ten years after it came into effect, many people have difficulty in understanding and using the Penal Code in a straightforward way. It seems complex, and many of its fundamental conceptions are unfamiliar to Ethiopian lawyers. This article, discussing at length how the code is built, may help reduce its apparent complexity and thus facilitate its day-to-day application.
Disciplines
Comparative and Foreign Law | Criminal Law | Criminal Procedure | Law
Recommended Citation
Peter L. Strauss,
On Interpreting the Ethiopian Penal Code,
5
J. Ethiopian L.
375
(1968).
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