Review Article
Rooting Life in the Ethiopian Constitution and Positive Law: A Holistic Approach to Rights Legislation
Abadir M Ibrahim*St. Thomas University Law School, USA
- *Corresponding Author:
- Abadir M. Ibrahim
St. Thomas University Law School, USA
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E-mail: abadirm.ibrahim@yahoo.com
Received Date: May 12, 2014; Accepted Date: June 23, 2014; Published Date: June 25, 2014
Citation: Ibrahim AM (2014) Rooting Life in the Ethiopian Constitution and Positive Law: A Holistic Approach to Rights Legislation. J Civil Legal Sci 3:126. doi:10.4172/2169-0170.1000126
Copyright: © 2014 Ibrahim AM. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
The article explores the intricate ways in which human rights are woven into legal systems. In order to fully understand any right one has to be aware of the many intricacies that surround it. Especially those interested in the protection of human rights through legislation ought to approach the subject with a recognition of the multifaceted nature of rights and the many, and sometimes controversial, subtopics that accompany the right. Whereas the article takes up the matter in reference to Ethiopian law, the discourse on life is very likely to be drawn along the same topics and fault lines under other legal systems as well.