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Arbitration is a means of commercial dispute resolution that has enjoyed international acceptance.Imbued with flexibility, expedition and cost effectiveness, arbitration stands as a salient alternative to litigation.Despite this acceptance, the arbitration process has been marred by powerful obstructions from judges and courts. While there have been giant steps in major jurisdictions to abate these challenges from courts, laws in most developing countries still remain wanting in many respects. In africa, where arbitration is still in its rudimentary stages, not only are the courts´ resistance to the arbitration process very conspicuous and acute, arbitration legislations have also left much to be desired when compared with laws in major jurisdictions. This treatise extensively analyses the scope of arbitrators´ jurisdiction under the Ethiopian Civil Code of 1960 with respect to doctrines adopted under modern international arbitration laws and proffers recommendations that would make Ethiopia´s arbitration process smooth, reliable and attractive to Ethiopians and foreign businesses.

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Solomon Emiru 35 was born in Ethiopia. He graduated from AAU with LLB. For eleven years, he served as a judge in the Ethiopian federal court. He then turned to scholarship and received from Central European University (New York university) LLM in International Business law. He is a practicing lawyer specializing in commercial cases in Ethiopia.

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