Law and Social Change in Ghana / / William Burnett Harvey.

While Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana from 1962 to 1964, the author personally observed the evolving legal order in Ghana during a crucial period in that country's development. Here, he considers statutes and judicial decisions. Working from the premis...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton Legacy Lib. eBook Package 1931-1979
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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015]
©1966
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 2017
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Physical Description:1 online resource (468 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • PREFACE
  • CONTENTS
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. ALLOCATION AND CONTROL OF PUBLIC POWER
  • II. STATUS OF THE TRADITIONAL AUTHORITIES
  • III. THE OPTION FOR UNITY
  • IV. THE LEGAL PROFESSION
  • V. THE JUDICIAL STRUCTURE
  • VI. THE HIERARCHY OF LEGAL NORMS
  • VII. THE LEGAL TOOLS OF POLITICAL MONOPOLY
  • VIII. VALUE COMPETITION IN GHANAIAN LEGAL DEVELOPMENT
  • APPENDIX I . LEGAL EDUCATION IN GHANA
  • APPENDIX II . THE REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION OF GHANA. GOVERNMENT PROPOSALS FOR A REPUBLICAN CONSTITUTION . SELECTED LEGISLATION
  • INDEX