Comment: Attesting Representation through Power of Attorney: The Ethiopian Approach

Abstract

Agency is vital in modern life, and it is hardly effective without a power of attorney. However, it has not received sufficient attention in legal discourse commensurate with the legal requirements for its validity and its wide utilization. An agent is allowed to perform acts that have impact on the rights and obligations of another person usually through this instrument. This comment aims at examining the sporadic provisions in various laws which are relevant to the instrument so as to address issues which have legal as well as practical significance arising in the use of the instrument. In the absence of a law devoted to the instrument (and that takes its impact into account), it is obvious that more questions remain unanswered. An attempt is made to test the relevant laws in force with a view to establishing whether they live up to the expectations of the time.