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The Child Labour Quagmire in Ghana: Root Causes and Ephemeral Solutions
(Cambridge University Press, 2021) Dowuona-Hammond, C.; Atuguba, R.A.; Tuokuu, F.X.D.
Consumer Law and Policy in Ghana
(Journal of Consumer Policy, 2018-12) 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.
Corporate Social Responsibility in Ghana
(The New Legon Observer 10(2): 15-19, 2008) Atuguba, R. A.; Dowuona-Hammond, C.
Societies and institutions the world over are remarkably similar. They all aim, to different degrees, at attaining political equality; social justice; human dignity; freedom from want, disease and exploitation; equal opportunities; and high per capita income equitably distributed. While different societies attach different weights and priorities to these objectives, it is largely in the political and economic means adopted for achieving these ends that societies and institutions differ. However, it is largely agreed that good governance is a fundamental building block of a just and economically prosperous society. This is as true for public governance as it is for corporate governance. Good corporate governance requires managing the cost and benefits of business activity to both internal stakeholders such as workers, shareholders, and investors; and external stakeholders such as institutions of public governance, community members, civil society etc. Setting the boundaries for how these costs and benefits are managed is partly a question of business policy and strategy and partly a question of public governance. It is within the interstices of this latter concept that Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) may be found.
The Evolution of Consumer Protection Law in Ghana: Developments since Independence, in Mensa-Bonsu H.J.A.N. et al, (eds) Ghana Law Since Independence: History, Developments and Prospects
(2007) Dowuona-Hammond, C.
Harmonisation of Business Laws in Business Laws and Identification of Possible Areas for Harmonisation with OHADA
(2007) Dowuona-Hammond, C.; Abdul Baasit, A.B.
The Law of Contract in Ghana
(2011) Dowuona-Hammond, C.
Contracts are made by people every day, whether the parties recognise it or not. Each time one spends money on anything – a bus ticket, an airline ticket, a pair of shoes, a meal in a restaurant, laundry services, books, or signs a lease, etc. one concludes a valid and legally binding contract. Contracts may be oral or written; may arise by parties’ conduct; may involve large or trivial sums of money and may be of short or long duration. The contents and subject matter of the contract also vary widely, creating different kinds of contracts including contracts of sale, hire purchase, insurance, employment, marriage, mortgage, leases etc. The Law of Contract is simply the branch of the Law, which governs the effort to achieve and carry out voluntary agreement. The principles of the law of contract are concerned with determining whether an agreement or transaction is binding or legally enforceable and if so, what the consequences of a breach of it are.
Rationalising the basis for utilization of compulsorily acquired property in Ghana: Issues arising
(Land Use Policy, 2019-02) 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.
Social Exclusion: The Political and Legal Dimension
(In: Ghana Human Development Report 2007: Towards a More Inclusive Society. – Accra : UNPD, Ghana Office, p.107, 2007) Atuguba, R. A.; Dowuona-Hammond, C.; Fobil, J.N.