Mekonnen Ayano
Associate Professor
Research Focus: Property Law, Immigration Law, Natural Resources, Energy Law, Human Rights, Globalization & Legal Profession, Law & Development, Human Rights
Links: Curriculum Vitae
Contact Information
627 O'Brian Hall, North Campus
Buffalo, NY 14260-1100
Phone: 716-645-5134
Email: mfayano@buffalo.edu
Articles
Understanding the Local Complexities in Land Law Reforms: The Case of Land Inalienability in Ethiopia, 1991-2018, 49 LAW & SOCIAL INQUIRY: JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN BAR FOUNDATION 2398 (2024).
Decolonizing Legal Influence: China’s Role in the Changing Landscape of the Ethiopian Legal Profession, 2000-2018, 13 NOTRE DAME JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL AND COMPARATIVE LAW 1 (2023).
Tenants without Rights: Immigrants’ Experiences in the U.S. Low-Income Housing Market, 28 GEORGETOWN JOURNAL ON POVERTY LAW & POLICY 159, 159-200 (2021).
Law and Social Conflict in Transitional Market Economies, 18 INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW 988, 988-1012 (2020)
Rural Land Registration in Ethiopia: Myths and Realities, 52 LAW AND SOCIETY REVIEW 1060, 1060-1097 (2018).
Book Reviews
Book Review, 89 JOURNAL OF THE INTERNATIONAL AFRICAN INSTITUTE 202, 202-203 (2019) (reviewing William Beinart et al., RIGHTS TO LAND: A GUIDE TO TENURE UPGRADING AND RESTITUTION IN SOUTH AFRICA (Jacana Media2017))