title: The Crown and The Pen:  The Memoirs of a Lawyer Turned Rebel
author: Bereket Habte Selassie
description: Bereket Habte Selassie is the William E. Leuchtenburg Distinguished Professor of African Studies and Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He was Chairman of the Constitutional Commission of Eritrea (1994-1997).
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  First published in Great Britain in 2014 by
  
  
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