ROOTING LIFE IN THE ETHIOPIAN CONSTITUTION AND POSITIVE LAW: A HOLISTIC APPROACH TO RIGHTS LEGISLATION
Abstract
The article explores the intricate ways in which human rights
are woven into a legal system. In order to fully understand any
right, one has to be aware of the many intricacies that surround
it. Especially those interested in the protection of human rights
through legislation ought to approach the subject with a
recognition of the multifaceted nature of rights and the many,
and sometimes controversial, subtopics that accompany rights.
Whereas the article takes up the matter in reference to Ethiopian
law, the discourse on life is very likely to be drawn along the
same topics and fault lines under other legal systems as well.