Tuesday, 16 May 2017

A brief summary of Eritrean Customary Laws


A brief summary of Eritrean Customary Laws, by Omar M. Kekia and Ghidewon A. Asmerom for Dehai موجز للقانون العرفي الإريتري    ويشمل القانون العرفي للبني عامر والعفروالمنسع والكوناما وغيرهما

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 1.     INTRODUCTION.

2.     . CUSTOMARY LAWS AND THE REPUGNANCY CLAUSE....................... .

3.     THE ERITREAN CASE ...............................................

o    3.1 Drafting Experience-Rooted Constitution................

o    3.1.1 Democratic Process of Law Making..............

o    3.1.2 Constitution a Supreme Law....................

o    3.1.3 Making a Constitution a Customary Law.........

4.     BRIEF HISTORY OF SOME OF ERITREA'S CUSTOMARY LAWS ...............

o    4.1 ftH meHari woAdotat.....................................

o    4.2 Hgi adgna-tegeleba......................................

o    4.3 Hgi adkeme-mlga' .....................,..................

o    4.4 Hgi logo-Chwa...........................................

o    4.5 Hgi habslus-greKstos....................................

o    4.6 Customary Laws of the Ben Amir .........................

o    4.7 ECL and the Various Influences That Shaped it...........

     4.7.1 Italian Colonization..........................

     4.7.2 British Military Administration...............

,. 4.7.3 Ethio-Eritrean Federation.....................

     4.7.4 Ethiopian Colonization........................

     4.7.5 Eritrean Liberation Struggle..................

5.     WHAT'S INTHEECL?..............................................

o    5.1 ftH meHari woAdotat.....................................

o    5.2 Hgi adgna-tegeleba......................................

o    5.3 Hgi adkeme-mlga' ........................................

o    5.4 Hgi logo-Chwa...........................................

o    5.5 Customary Laws of the Ben Amir..........................

o    5.6 Customary Laws of the Kunama............................

o    5.7 Customary Laws of the Afar

o    5.8 Customary Laws of Other Eritrean Nationalities .........

6.     LEGAL PROVERBS AND THEIR ROLE IN ECL............................

7.     WHAT ROLE SHOULD ECL PLAY IN CONSTITUTIONAL ERITREA?

o    . 7.I Advantages of Keeping Some Aspects of ECL

o    7.2 Disadvantages of Keeping Some Aspects of ECL

8.     CONCLUSION.......................................................

9.     . REFERENCES ......................................................

The Customary Laws can be downloaded Below:

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