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CHAPTER 5:THE LEGAL AND INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS OF THE ETHIOPIAN
FEDERATION ............................................................................................................................................50
A 
BRIEF ACCOUNT OF 
E
THIOPIAN CONSTITUTIONAL HISTORY
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The constitutions under Haile Selassie – means of centralisation ................................................51
The Derg constitution of 1987 – civilising military Marxism? ......................................................51
E
NTRENCHING A FEDERAL SYSTEM
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The delimitation of regional units and the establishment of regional self-government..............53

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Setting the principles of national self-determination and federation in the constitution of 1994
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Central-regional power division and regional representation as defined in the constitution ...55
Constitutional guarantees for regional representation..................................................................57
I
S THE 
E
THIOPIAN MODEL REALLY FEDERAL
? P
ARTICULARITIES AND AMBIGUITIES OF THE 
E
THIOPIAN
FEDERATION DE JURE
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The contradiction of regional power – meagre authority but the right to secede .......................59
Insufficient constitutionalism? Few checks on the ruling power...................................................61
C
ONCLUSION
: A 
QUALIFIED BUT PECULIAR FEDERAL MODEL
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