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    Empirical Assessment of Regional State Constitutions of Federal Ethiopia: A Case Study of Amhara National Regional State.
    (Addis Ababa University, 2018-10) Alebe Eshetu, Bamlaku; Mengistie Addisu, Sisay (Phd)
    The thesis attempts to examine and investigate the Practical aspects of Ethiopian regional states Constitution in general and Amhara National Regional state (ANRS) Constitution in particular, which constitutes one of the sub-national units in the Ethiopian federation. This is done first by attempting to place theoretical and empirical investigation and discern aspects of theory and practice of regional state Constitutions in Ethiopia. The study critically asses the empirical evidences about the ANRS Constitutions and identify the possible strategies that has been used to enhance the visibility of the regional state Constitution. The study applies qualitative research method. In doing so, both primary and secondary data employ as a research process to study the various issues involved in the paper. To get the primary data, interview, Focus Group Discussion and key informants purposely selected from ANRS residents were used as means to get data for the study. The secondary data were collected from different published and unpublished documents such as relevant theoretical concepts, text books, journal Articles, scholarly works and bar reviews, as well as websites. Finally, this paper investigated the following major findings. In the drafting and adoption process of ANRS Constitution, there was no pre-Constitutional and post-Constitutional negotiation and discussion with the people of the region about how to draft and adopt. Which means there is no consensus creation among the various societies and political/ interest groups. In the development of Constitutionalism in the region, the government of Amhara region was not done special and tangible support for those researchers, scholars, lawyers and academicians and at the same time there is no any research that is conducted about the regional Constitution. Under the role of Justice Professional Training and legal Research institute of the Region in the creation of Awareness about Constitution of the region, the training center primary objective was to support the justice system of the region and to fill the gap that existed in the provision of justice system all over the region. But, there is no any awareness creation and research means which is conducted about the ANRS Constitution. With regard to the inclusion of the regional state Constitution in primary civics and ethical education text book, detail contents and information of ANRS Constitution is not made part and parcel of civics and ethical education at primary education of the region at elementary schools (5th-8th). Finally, in ANRS, there is an institution which was established in 2007 E.C. which is responsible to interpret the regional state Constitution. This institution is an organ found in the region empowered to interpret the regional state Constitution and to review the Constitutionality of laws and decisions of regional state government institutions.