Manuscripts

(ARCHIVE - LAW - ETHIOPIA - WOMEN)
MULLEN, Leonard & Agnes
Document Archive of a
High Court Judge and
Female Founder of
Abyssinia's First Law School
US$475
[Addis Ababa, Abyssinia (Ethiopia), 1948] - Archive of
papers pertaining to the loss of two individuals of
influence in Abyssinia's then recently restructured legal
system, including the resignation of a British judge
serving in Ethiopia's High Court, and the death of the
female solicitor who founded the first law school for
indigenous attorneys to receive proper legal
qualifications, the latter two being Mr. and Mrs. Mullen, a
husband and wife from Liverpool, each engaged by the
Ethiopian Ministry of Justice. Includes the judge's travel
passport with photograph, his Allied Force permit, an
Ethiopian form of photographic identification, letters
from the British Foreign Office and the Ethiopian Minister
of Justice and others, an official stamped Ethiopian
manuscript letter, together with a newspaper
announcement and other papers addressing the
solicitor's death, and the couple's original marriage
certificate. Documents and letters range in size. Some
are in manuscript, some typed, some printed. Several
are signed in the original. Slight loss to the Ethiopian
documents, some creasing, otherwise the lot in very
good condition.
Providing a glimpse into the judicial system of Ethiopia during
the reign of Emperor Haile Selassie I as he endeavoured to
modernize Ethiopia, and also of the influence of English Law,
these papers are from the personal archives of Ethiopia's High
Court Judge, the Right Honorable Leonard Mullen, and his
wife Agnes whom in her own right made a positive impact to
the community by founding the very first law school in the
country.
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