The Ethiopian Constitution divides the power to enact private laws between the federal government and the states. This entails certain inexorable private international law disputes which are concomitant of state private laws. The federal arrangement confers upon the states an inherent jurisdiction to wield disputes connected with their private laws. Nevertheless, the Federal Courts Proclamation and a precedent set by the Federal Supreme Court's Cassation Division render the Federal High Court the wielder of an inherent jurisdiction over disputes connected with state laws. Superciliously, the federal government has aggrandised its jurisdiction by extending it to disputes connected with state private laws. This paper addresses the question whether the power of the states to enact private laws subsumes a jurisdiction to wield private international law disputes. To this end, it analyses the relevant provisions of the Constitution, statutes and a case law. It also draws on the experiences of other federations. The paper will argue that the Constitution confers upon the states an inherent jurisdiction to wield disputes connected with their private laws. It concludes that the states should have their own private international law rules and courts designated to adjudicate private international law disputes.

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埃塞俄比亚联邦和国际私法：联邦和州政府管辖范围的轮廓

埃塞俄比亚宪法在联邦政府和各州之间划分制定私法的权力。这必然伴随着某些不可避免的国际私法纠纷，这些纠纷都伴随着国家私法。联邦安排赋予各州固有的管辖权，以进行与其私法有关的纠纷。尽管如此，联邦法院公告和联邦最高法院上诉法院的判例使联邦高等法院对与州法律有关的纠纷具有固有管辖权。联邦政府在表面上将其管辖权扩大到与州私法有关的纠纷，从而使自己的管辖权显得笨拙。本文提出了一个问题，即国家颁布私法的权力是否包含行使国际私法纠纷的管辖权。为此，它分析了《宪法》，法规和判例法的有关规定。它还借鉴了其他联合会的经验。本文将辩称，《宪法》赋予各州固有的管辖权，以进行与其私法有关的纠纷。结论是，各州应有自己的国际私法规则和法院，以裁定国际私法纠纷。本文将辩称，《宪法》赋予各州固有的管辖权，以进行与其私法有关的纠纷。结论是，各州应有自己的国际私法规则和法院，以裁定国际私法纠纷。该论文将辩称，宪法赋予各州固有的管辖权，以引起与其私法有关的纠纷。结论是，各州应有自己的国际私法规则和法院，以裁定国际私法纠纷。