Introduction to Eritrean legal system and research

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Electronic article on the law and legal materials of Eritrea written by Luwam Dirar a J.S.D. candidate at Cornell Law School and Kibrom Tesfagabir who is an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Asmara, Eritrea. The article was published in 2011 (and updated in 2014) on the Globalex website and made freely available by the Hauser Global Law School Program at the New York University School of Law. The article focuses on the current post-independence legal system including an outline of the governmental system and describing the role of the National Assembly and the judiciary. The authors give information on the court structure, legal education, legal resources and links to websites providing access to a number of online materials. There is also a section on the Eritrean Constitution which was ratified in 1997 but has not yet come into force.

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