Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts
This report presents the findings of one of a series of studies sponsored by the World Bank on the 'uses and users' of courts in the regions where it participates in justice reform projects. These studies typically use aggregate statistic...
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okr-10986-29372021-04-23T14:02:05Z Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts World Bank ACCESS TO COURTS ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTING ACRONYMS ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ADOPTIONS APPELLATE COURTS APPOINTEES ARRANGEMENT ARRESTS ARTICLE ARTICLES ASSETS ATTORNEYS BAIL BANKS BENCHMARKS BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW COMMUNITY POLICING COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONS CONTENTS COUNSEL COURT COURT PERFORMANCE COURT SYSTEMS COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CRIMINALIZATION CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DESCRIPTION DETENTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISTRICT COURTS DIVORCE DOCUMENTS ELECTIONS ENTRY FAMILY LAW FAMILY LAWS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL POLICE FILING FILINGS GENDER HOUSES ICT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFRACTIONS INHERITANCE INJUNCTIONS INSURANCE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATORS JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL STATISTICS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARIES JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL PRACTICE LEGAL REPRESENTATION LEGAL THEORY LEGAL TRAINING LEGALITY LEGISLATION LITERACY LITIGATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MARRIAGES MILITARY REGIME MINISTER PENALTIES PLEADING PLEADINGS POLICE POLICE CORRUPTION POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PRISON ADMINISTRATION PRISONS PROBABILITY PROFESSIONALS PROSECUTION PROSECUTOR PROSECUTORS PUBLIC DEFENDERS REMEDIES RESEARCHERS RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES RULE OF LAW SANCTION SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY STATE COURTS SUBSTANTIVE LAWS SUPREME COURTS TERRORISM TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS TRIAL TRIBUNALS USER USERS WEBSITES WILL WITNESSES This report presents the findings of one of a series of studies sponsored by the World Bank on the 'uses and users' of courts in the regions where it participates in justice reform projects. These studies typically use aggregate statistics and random samples of cases files to analyze court performance. The results of these studies are useful to countries and to the Bank in separating real from imagined problems, identifying their causes, planning reform programs, and tracking their results over time. Although in Africa court use is typically restricted to a small portion of the population, most donor funding goes to the formal court system and most countries are interested in expanding access to the latter. Hence, the studies can help evaluate those investments and point them in directions where they are likely to do the most good in advancing objectives like increased and more equitable access, delay reduction, and satisfactory resolution of common disputes. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in Africa and thus in the world. As in the rest of Africa, traditional dispute resolution mechanisms and a series of 'hybrid institutions' serve a majority of the population. However, its judicial system is unusual in several aspects. First, since 1994, the government has been actively engaged in expanding access to the formal system and improving the professionalism of its judges. Second, at both the federal and sub-national levels, governments have been actively extending the reach of the court system, both by adding courts and judges and by using a variety of additional mechanisms. Third, and most important for this study, for the past ten years, the federal judiciary has been promoting the development of a computerized case tracking system to monitor performance. 2012-03-19T10:25:09Z 2012-03-19T10:25:09Z 2010-07-01 http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20101122013414 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2937 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study Africa Ethiopia |
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ACCESS TO COURTS ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTING ACRONYMS ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ADOPTIONS APPELLATE COURTS APPOINTEES ARRANGEMENT ARRESTS ARTICLE ARTICLES ASSETS ATTORNEYS BAIL BANKS BENCHMARKS BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW COMMUNITY POLICING COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONS CONTENTS COUNSEL COURT COURT PERFORMANCE COURT SYSTEMS COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CRIMINALIZATION CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DESCRIPTION DETENTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISTRICT COURTS DIVORCE DOCUMENTS ELECTIONS ENTRY FAMILY LAW FAMILY LAWS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL POLICE FILING FILINGS GENDER HOUSES ICT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFRACTIONS INHERITANCE INJUNCTIONS INSURANCE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATORS JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL STATISTICS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARIES JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL PRACTICE LEGAL REPRESENTATION LEGAL THEORY LEGAL TRAINING LEGALITY LEGISLATION LITERACY LITIGATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MARRIAGES MILITARY REGIME MINISTER PENALTIES PLEADING PLEADINGS POLICE POLICE CORRUPTION POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PRISON ADMINISTRATION PRISONS PROBABILITY PROFESSIONALS PROSECUTION PROSECUTOR PROSECUTORS PUBLIC DEFENDERS REMEDIES RESEARCHERS RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES RULE OF LAW SANCTION SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY STATE COURTS SUBSTANTIVE LAWS SUPREME COURTS TERRORISM TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS TRIAL TRIBUNALS USER USERS WEBSITES WILL WITNESSES |
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ACCESS TO COURTS ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACCOUNTING ACRONYMS ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE ADOPTIONS APPELLATE COURTS APPOINTEES ARRANGEMENT ARRESTS ARTICLE ARTICLES ASSETS ATTORNEYS BAIL BANKS BENCHMARKS BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES CIVIL LAW COMMON LAW COMMUNITY POLICING COMPLAINT COMPLAINTS CONFIDENCE CONSTITUTIONS CONTENTS COUNSEL COURT COURT PERFORMANCE COURT SYSTEMS COURTS CRIME CRIMES CRIMINAL CRIMINAL CASES CRIMINAL COURTS CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS CRIMINAL LAW CRIMINAL PROCEDURES CRIMINALIZATION CUSTOMARY LAW CUSTOMARY PRACTICES DESCRIPTION DETENTION DISPUTE RESOLUTION DISTRICT COURTS DIVORCE DOCUMENTS ELECTIONS ENTRY FAMILY LAW FAMILY LAWS FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FEDERAL POLICE FILING FILINGS GENDER HOUSES ICT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY INFRACTIONS INHERITANCE INJUNCTIONS INSURANCE INVESTIGATION INVESTIGATORS JUDGE JUDGES JUDGMENTS JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE JUDICIAL PERFORMANCE JUDICIAL REFORM JUDICIAL STATISTICS JUDICIAL SYSTEM JUDICIAL SYSTEMS JUDICIARIES JUDICIARY JURISDICTION JUSTICE JUSTICES LAW ENFORCEMENT LAWS LAWYER LAWYERS LEADERSHIP LEGAL FRAMEWORK LEGAL FRAMEWORKS LEGAL PRACTICE LEGAL REPRESENTATION LEGAL THEORY LEGAL TRAINING LEGALITY LEGISLATION LITERACY LITIGATION MANAGEMENT INFORMATION MARRIAGES MILITARY REGIME MINISTER PENALTIES PLEADING PLEADINGS POLICE POLICE CORRUPTION POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICERS PRISON PRISON ADMINISTRATION PRISONS PROBABILITY PROFESSIONALS PROSECUTION PROSECUTOR PROSECUTORS PUBLIC DEFENDERS REMEDIES RESEARCHERS RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES RULE OF LAW SANCTION SANCTIONS SERVICE DELIVERY STATE COURTS SUBSTANTIVE LAWS SUPREME COURTS TERRORISM TRAFFIC VIOLATIONS TRIAL TRIBUNALS USER USERS WEBSITES WILL WITNESSES World Bank Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts |
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This report presents the findings of one
of a series of studies sponsored by the World Bank on the
'uses and users' of courts in the regions where it
participates in justice reform projects. These studies
typically use aggregate statistics and random samples of
cases files to analyze court performance. The results of
these studies are useful to countries and to the Bank in
separating real from imagined problems, identifying their
causes, planning reform programs, and tracking their results
over time. Although in Africa court use is typically
restricted to a small portion of the population, most donor
funding goes to the formal court system and most countries
are interested in expanding access to the latter. Hence, the
studies can help evaluate those investments and point them
in directions where they are likely to do the most good in
advancing objectives like increased and more equitable
access, delay reduction, and satisfactory resolution of
common disputes. Ethiopia is one of the poorest countries in
Africa and thus in the world. As in the rest of Africa,
traditional dispute resolution mechanisms and a series of
'hybrid institutions' serve a majority of the
population. However, its judicial system is unusual in
several aspects. First, since 1994, the government has been
actively engaged in expanding access to the formal system
and improving the professionalism of its judges. Second, at
both the federal and sub-national levels, governments have
been actively extending the reach of the court system, both
by adding courts and judges and by using a variety of
additional mechanisms. Third, and most important for this
study, for the past ten years, the federal judiciary has
been promoting the development of a computerized case
tracking system to monitor performance. |
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Economic & Sector Work :: Law and Justice Study |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
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World Bank |
| title |
Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts |
| title_short |
Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts |
| title_full |
Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts |
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Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts |
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Uses and Users of Justice in Africa : The Case of Ethiopia's Federal Courts |
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uses and users of justice in africa : the case of ethiopia's federal courts |
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World Bank |
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2012 |
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http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000356161_20101122013414 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/2937 |
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