St. Mary's University, Ethiopia: Recent submissions
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Between 'land grabs' and agricultural investment: land rent contracts with foreign investors and Ethiopia’s normative setting in focus
(St.Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2011-12)This article examines whether the land rent contracts and the Ethiopian legal framework on rural land use rights can assure win-win mutual benefits expected from large-scale land transfers to foreign investors. The article ... -
Influence of small scale businesses on decision making capacity of rural women in Ethiopia: the case of Edget Bandinet Saving and Credit Cooperative in Muketuri
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2011-12)Ethiopia’s poor have suffered from the global economic crisis, as the price of goods consumed increase. Rural women and girls bear the greatest burdens of this situation, since they have a role in livestock maintenance and ... -
Comments on FAO’s achievements toward a public domain in plant genetic resources for food and agriculture
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Establishing financial markets in Ethiopia: the environmental foundation, challenges and opportunities
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2012-06)This paper intends to examine the environmental foundation for establishing financial markets in Ethiopia, identify the potential challenges and opportunities. The environmental foundation is assessed using the PEST ... -
Factors affecting loan repayment performance of floriculture industries to the Development Bank of Ethiopia
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2014-03)This study was carried out to assess factors that influence loan repayment performance of DBE’s floriculture borrowers. The study used data collected from individual farm files of fifty four floriculture borrowers of ... -
The history of expropriation in Ethiopian law
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia., 2013-12)Expropriation is a compulsory taking of land by the state for public purpose and upon advance payment of fair compensation. After describing its nature and basic contents, this article attempts to construct the history of ... -
Performance of Stevia (Stevia Rebaudiana Bertoni) for morphological and economic traits under different ecologies of Ethiopia
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2012-12)Stevia [Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni) is a perennial, calorie free natural sweet herb that belongs to the family Asteraceae. Its fresh leaves and leaf extracts are 15-30 and 250-330 times sweeter than common ... -
The myth of ‘Tragedy of the Commons’ in sustaining water resources
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia., 2013-12)With growing concerns regarding natural resources security over the last fifty years, a range of movements, including the notion of the tragedy of the commons suggest how to enhance sustainability of natural resources. A ... -
The contribution of export earnings to economic growth of Ethiopia: a trend analysis
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2014-03)Empirically examining the contribution of different macroeconomic variables to economic growth would help the country to formulate conducive policies to foster economic growth in this regard. This study had investigated ... -
The politics underpinning the non-realization of the right to development
(St.Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2011-12)The right to development stands out as one of the controversial rights ever since its articulation in the 1970s. The adoption of the 1986 United Nations Declaration on the Right to Development ... -
Subsidiary classification of goods under Ethiopian property law: a commentary
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Nursery propagation, field adaptation and carbon sequestration potential of Pistacia chinensis (Chinese Pistachio)
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2012-12)The study was conducted to assess appropriate means of nursery propagation and to evaluate field adaptation and carbon sequestration potential of Pistacia chinensis- a root stock for edible nut bearing ... -
Recognition and enforcement of foreign arbitral awards in civil and commercial matters in Ethiopia
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia., 2011-03)Ethiopia is not yet party to the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards. It can also be said that Ethiopian arbitration laws fail to cope with the emerging ... -
Administrative rulemaking in Ethiopia: normative and institutional framework
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia., 2013-09)Administrative action is steadily growing in Ethiopia, the major part of which is administrative rulemaking. It ranges from regulation of the major industries to the provision of basic commodities like sugar and edible ... -
Void agreements and voidable contracts: the need to elucidate ambiguities of their effects
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Legal pluralism, Sharia courts, and constitutional issues in Ethiopia
(St.Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2011-03)State laws employ different approaches in addressing the effect of pluralistic normative ordering in a multicultural setting. A legal regime may resort to the uniform application of state laws and reject religious and ... -
Spatial patterns and determinants of smallholder tree planting in Northwest Highlands of Ethiopia
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2012-12)Trees outside forest have immense benefits for people's welfare in rural Ethiopia. Understanding and characterizing the incentives and constraints of smallholder tree growers is essential to hasten efforts in rural ... -
Examining some of the raisons d 'etre for the Ethiopian anti-terrorism law
(St. Mary's University, 2013-09)There has been a proliferation of counter-terrorism legislation around the world following 9/11, a turning point in the history of counter-terrorism. Ethiopia passed its anti-terrorism law in July 2009. This law and its ... -
Competition policies and laws: major concepts and an overview of Ethiopian trade practice law
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Economics of copyright: challenges and perspectives
(St. Mary's University, Ethiopia, 2013-09)This article outlines the prominence of economic analysis of copyright, not only within the academic community, but also in the legal practice. The successful cooperation of law and economics in the field of copyright calls ...