Faculty of Law
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/3333
2024-03-28T12:43:29Z
2024-03-28T12:43:29Z
Doing research with police elites in Ghana
Sowatey, E.A.
Tankebe, J.
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/31658
2019-07-23T11:02:31Z
2018-07-01T00:00:00Z
Doing research with police elites in Ghana
Sowatey, E.A.; Tankebe, J.
Much of our methodological insights from researching policing in sub-Saharan Africa comes from studies of frontline officers. Consequently, many important methodological questions about research on senior police officers remain unanswered. This article addresses this gap by drawing on insights from interviewing senior officers in Ghana. It focuses on the challenges and opportunities in negotiating access, establishing trust during interviews and dealing with ethical dilemmas. We highlight the role of informal social networks and cultural practices of surprise visits, what we have termed strategic ambush, in securing formal approval for our research. However, this represented mere or putative access for which deference towards institutional gatekeepers was key to its actualization. Deference towards officers and extensive knowledge of the policing environment helped to put the senior officers at ease, and enhanced the chances of a successful interview. Finally, we offer reflections on our responses to unexpected ethical dilemmas that we faced in the field.
2018-07-01T00:00:00Z
Consumer Law and Policy in Ghana
Dowuona-Hammond, C.
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/30785
2019-06-14T09:40:52Z
2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
Consumer Law and Policy in Ghana
Dowuona-Hammond, C.
This paper presents a picture of the landscape of consumer law and policy in Ghana and reviews the scope of protection of consumer interests with specific regard to product safety and liability, consumer sales, and telecommunication services. It assesses the legislative and policy framework on consumer contracts, product safety, and unfair commercial practices; discusses the role of national agencies in enforcing safety standards; and highlights some critical consumer issues in telecommunications service delivery. The paper examines the regulatory framework on other consumer issues such as advertising, labelling, and marketing of consumer products; terms and conditions of consumer contracts; and after sales services including the enforcement of guarantees, warranties, refund, and return policies. The paper also discusses the extent of external influence on the development of consumer law and policy in Ghana and reviews the level of interaction with other legal systems and supranational bodies in the three focal areas. The contribution also explores areas of Ghana’s consumer protection framework which could benefit from guidance from the EU transnational model on consumer protection and makes recommendations for the enhancement of the emerging legislative and policy regime on consumer protection in Ghana. © 2018, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
2018-12-01T00:00:00Z
“Reforming the law of intestate succession in a legally plural Ghana”
Hammond, A.
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/30507
2019-06-04T15:17:46Z
2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
“Reforming the law of intestate succession in a legally plural Ghana”
Hammond, A.
There has been minimal compliance with Ghana’s Intestate Succession Act, 1985, (PNDC Law 111) especially by communities in rural areas whose lives are governed almost exclusively by customary law. This is because the state and customary legal systems have failed to reconcile their perceptions of law and legal responsibilities. Drawing on legal pluralism as a practical guiding framework for analyzing the relationship between states and customary legal systems, and focusing on the law of intestate succession, I argue that in order for legal reforms to be embraced, especially by rural dwellers, the state must adopt what may be termed, the mutual concession approach to legal reforms, a structured and principled discretionary approach that seeks to balance the valued interests of both legal systems, and which promises to be more agreeable to rural dwellers in ways that ensure compliance with state law.
2019-04-01T00:00:00Z
Rationalising the basis for utilization of compulsorily acquired property in Ghana: Issues arising
Dowuona-Hammond, C.
http://ugspace.ug.edu.gh:8080/handle/123456789/30472
2019-06-03T10:51:38Z
2019-02-01T00:00:00Z
Rationalising the basis for utilization of compulsorily acquired property in Ghana: Issues arising
Dowuona-Hammond, C.
This paper discusses the evolution, current status and future prospects of the governance framework on compulsory acquisition in Ghana with particular emphasis on the scope of the state’s prerogative to determine the purpose for which compulsorily acquired lands may be utilized. The paper examines how the concept of public interest has been interpreted and applied in assessing the utilization of compulsorily acquired lands against the background of expanding developmental and infrastructural needs, the state’s evolving role in economic development, increasing pressure on land resulting from rapid population growth and urbanization; and drastic changes in land use and demand in recent times. The paper comments on the judicial interpretation of the governance framework on compulsory acquisition in the 1992 Constitution and examines the legislative proposals on the utilization of acquired lands made in the Land Bill, which is currently under consideration by Parliament prior to enactment. Some recommendations are offered toward the achievement of a more balanced approach to the determination of legitimate uses of compulsorily acquired lands in Ghana based on the constitutional governance framework on compulsory acquisition.
2019-02-01T00:00:00Z