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Academic Rank: Assistant Professor Academic Level: LL.B, LL.M, LLM School: Law Department: Law Field of Specialization: Business Law, Maritime Law The Highest Educational Qualification: LL.M |
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Brief Biography Mr. Gizachew Silesh graduated from Addis Ababa University with Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) in 2006. He earned his Master’s degree (LL.M) in Business Law in 2010 from Addis Ababa University once again. He also got LL.M in Maritime Law in May 2017 from Scandinavian Institute of Maritime Law, University of Oslo. Mr. Gizachew is a long time serving lecturer and researcher at Bahir Dar University. It was in September 2006, soon after his LL.B graduation, that he joined the then Department of Law as Assistant Graduate II. He taughtvarious courses including the law of business organizations, investment law, international trade law, and tax law in the undergraduate programme; and he has been advising and delivering courses to postgraduate students after his promotion to the rank of assistant professor in 2015. He has also conducted research on various legal issues and participated in community service provision including rendering legal aid services. Mr. Gizachew served in different administrative posts including as Director of Bahir Dar University Legal aid Centre and LL.M programme coordinator. Currently, he is the Editor-in-Chief of Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, and he is also Legal Director of Bahir Dar Institute of Technology and Ethiopian Institute of Textile and Fashion Technology. |
Contact Address: Contact Address: Cell-phone: +251911535911 Email: gizachewsc@yahoo.com P.O.Box 1534 Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
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Research Interest: Corporate Law, Tax Law, Commercial Dispute Resolution Law, and Land Law. |
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List of publications: 1. ''The Civil-Commercial Dichotomy of Business Organizations and its Legal Significance under Ethiopian Law," Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol.5, No.1., December 2014). 2. "The VAT and the FDRE Constitution: Is VAT Really an Undesignated Tax?" , Bahir Dar University Journal of Law, Vol.5, No.1., July 2015) 3. A monograph entitled "The Ethiopian Legal Regime on Plant Variety Protection, LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011, ISBN: 978-3-8465-2130-4. Paper Presentation 1. “Rural land litigation and prevailing dilemma in Amhara Region (Ethiopia),” Bahir Dar University May Seminar, 2015. (Joint research and Presentation, with Mr. Solomon Goraw, Former Supreme Court Judge). |
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