aThe Supreme Court is at the apex of Ghana’s judiciary headed by the Chief Justice. The legal system is based on the English Common Law, where the courts are bound to develop the notions of fairness to the individual. The constitution also makes provision for continued recognition of ...
Journal of Legal Pluralism & Unofficial Lawfrom Mr. Justice Baron's opinion. 171. Amissah, Ann, E.: "The Role of the Judiciary in the Governmental Process:Amissah, A.N.E. (1976), "The Role of the Judiciary in the Governmental Process: Ghana's Experience", en A.frican Law Studies, ...
“one piece of mail that was sent to the state Election Board in Oklahoma City…included a multi-page document and…flour…[causing] Freeman [to absurdly belch out “]dangerous substances[“] …“It’s unfortunate that we live in a society [where idiots] have [the power to force us] ...
Guest Post: Embracing and Enhancing IMF’s Governance Conditionalities To Fight Corruption Posted on December 9, 2024 by Matthew Stephenson Today’s guest post is from Beauty Emefa Narteh, the Executive Secretary at the Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition, and Leslie Tsai, General Counsel at the Ch...
It examines how the police in Ghana circumvented constitutional and legislative protection of the right through the use of the courts to stifle assemblies usually through ex parte injunctions from lower courts to curtail the exercise of peaceful assemblies, leading to recent legal action to prevent ...
THE ROLE OF THE JUDICIARY IN RESOLVING ELECTION-RELATED CONFLICTS IN GHANAdoi:10.13140/RG.2.2.10977.22882Justice Agyei Ampofo
It is as a result of this, that this study investigates the nature of post-election conflict resolution in Ghana's Fourth Republic. The study, based on a qualitative case study approach, found among others that, the Courts have been instrumental in consolidating democracy in Ghana, and ...
This work seeks to discover the successes as well as the failures of the Judiciary of Ghana in enforcing Human Rights. As a theoretical prelude to the entire work, I claim that the main juridical basis to legitimate Judicial Review lies in the courts duty to enforce a higher body of law ...
We suggest a conversational expansion to consider ramifications of new digital communication technologies for social power relations in Ghana, and the potential for holding public office holders to account. By highlighting communication technology as a factor, we direct attention to a potential area for...
DEMOCRATIC CONSOLIDATION IN AFRICA BEYOND ELECTIONS: A STUDY ON DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS- THE JUDICIARY IN GHANA AND KENYAOhene Agyemang Opoku