Introduction (Karl Kössler and Yonatan T. Fessha); 1. Judicial Federalism in Comparative Perspective (Erin F. Delaney); 2. Federalism and the Courts in Nigeria (Patrick Ukata); 3. Giving ‘Shape and Texture’ to the Federal System? Ethiopia’s Courts and its Unusual Umpire (Yonatan T. Fessha and Zemelak Ayele); 4. The Courts and the Provinces in South Africa (Victoria Bronstein); 5. The Courts and Local Governments in South Africa (Oliver Fuo); 6. The Courts and Devolution: The Kenyan Experience (Conrad M. Bosire); Comparative Observations (Yonatan T.Fessha and Karl Kössler)