Tort Law and Development: Insights into the Case of Ethiopia and Eritrea
Bussani, M.
Journal of African Law 40(1): 43-52
1996
ISSN/ISBN: 0021-8553 Document Number: 232807
The primary purpose of this article is to enrich the understanding of tort law in Ethiopia and Eritrea and how it affects the environment. Its standpoint is both positive and normative. Its secondary goal is to clarify the affinities, often hidden, between the issues raised by tort law in developing countries now and the same issues as they emerged in the Western tradition in the past. Methodologically, the article considers the interplay between two powerful tools of analysis: law and economics, and legal pluralism (as informed by the doctrine of legal stratification).