Category: Constitutional Law

Passing Law Without Touching the State’s Pocket: An Interpretive Answer To Article 108(a)ii & iii

Passing Law Without Touching the State’s Pocket: An Interpretive Answer To Article 108(a)ii & iii

Selikem Donkor- December 20, 2023

Abstract The powers of government to legislate, adjudicate, or implement laws are shared among the arms of government—Parliament, the Judiciary, and the Executive. These powers ... Read More

America’s Gun Pandemic: How “Originalists” Failed The Republic

Nick Opoku- October 1, 2023

Last Monday, August 28, 2023, there was yet another incident of gun violence in the US. This time, a faculty member at the University of ... Read More

What Constitutes “Reasonable Time Or Unreasonable Delay” In Criminal Trials? The Case of Article 14(4) of the 1992 Constitution

What Constitutes “Reasonable Time Or Unreasonable Delay” In Criminal Trials? The Case of Article 14(4) of the 1992 Constitution

Ghana Law Hub- September 14, 2023

Author: Ernest Kyere  Introduction The skinny, malnourished-looking Kofi Boakye walked into the courtroom. His face grimaced as he felt all the stares on him. With ... Read More

The Attorney-General’s Unsolicited Advice To The Auditor-General: Why The Attorney-General Gets It Wrong

The Attorney-General’s Unsolicited Advice To The Auditor-General: Why The Attorney-General Gets It Wrong

Nick Opoku- February 24, 2023

The Attorney-General (the “AG”), Godfred Dame, has taken issue with the publication of a special audit report on the government of Ghana’s COVID-19 expenditures covering ... Read More

Rahim Baba Salifa: The Boy Caught Between Ghana-Guinea Tensions

Rahim Baba Salifa: The Boy Caught Between Ghana-Guinea Tensions

Samuel Alesu-Dordzi- May 30, 2022

The early days of law school was difficult. It required getting used to the case law method of teaching and learning. And adapting to the ... Read More

Rethinking Article 68(5) of the 1992 Constitution – Taxation of the Emoluments of the President of the Republic of Ghana – An Introspection

Rethinking Article 68(5) of the 1992 Constitution – Taxation of the Emoluments of the President of the Republic of Ghana – An Introspection

Frederick Gurah Sampson- March 28, 2022

Introduction. The President of Ghana is, under the law, the first gentleman of the land and he takes precedence over all other persons in Ghana. ... Read More

Matters Arising Out of the Abdulai Court: Presiding Members can Wear two Hats

Matters Arising Out of the Abdulai Court: Presiding Members can Wear two Hats

Professor Stephen Kwaku Asare- March 12, 2022

Article 110(1) of the Constitution provides that “subject to the provisions of this Constitution, Parliament may, by standing orders, regulate its own procedure.” Article 101 ... Read More

Joinder of a Juristic Entity in an Article 64 Petition: A Slippery Slope in Civil Procedure Practice in Ghana

Joinder of a Juristic Entity in an Article 64 Petition: A Slippery Slope in Civil Procedure Practice in Ghana

Derick Adu-Gyamfi- January 30, 2022

Introduction It is fundamental in litigation that parties must commence action against relevant parties to the suit. A plaintiff who conceives that he has a ... Read More

The doctrine of stare decisis parades in a fanciful new robe in the Supreme Court:  Ex Parte Opuni (No. 2)

The doctrine of stare decisis parades in a fanciful new robe in the Supreme Court: Ex Parte Opuni (No. 2)

Francisca Serwaa Boateng- January 16, 2022

Introduction The Supreme Court has, in a four to three majority decision of its review panel, overturned its earlier three to two majority decision of ... Read More