Enforcement of the bulk of federal lawsin the states, in Ethiopia, is undertaken either by informal contacts between the respective offices or following party channels, save the formal institutions of HOF and MOFA.
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It is true that in a federal system, federal laws and policies should take into account the autonomy of the states.
However, so long as this limit is respected, it must be emphasized that the enforcement and coordination of such laws throughout the territory is an essential aspect of ‘building one political as well as economic community’ as proclaimed under the Preamble of our 1995 Constitution.
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Q. How other federations have been able to execute federal laws in their respective territories?
As far as the division of the executive powers in a federation is concerned, it could be generally stated that they have followed either of the following two approaches: dual federalism or executive federalism.
1. Dual Federalism
Dual federalism is represented by the US federation, where the allocation of executive authority is in principle considered co-extensive with the distribution of legislative responsibilities.
“dual or layered cake federalism”, as it is sometimes called, assumes little overlap or sharing of functions between the two governments.
