Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One The Nature and Future of Customary Law
- Part Two Ascertainment, Application, and Codification of Customary Law
- 4 The Quest for Customary Law in African State Courts
- 5 The Withering Province of Customary Law in Kenya
- 6 Putting Old Wine in New Wine Skins
- 7 Traditional Authorities
- 8 Engaging Legal Dualism
- 9 The Future of Customary Law in Ghana
- Part Three The Role and Power of Traditional Authorities
- Part Four Customary Land, Property Rights, and Succession
- Part Five Customary Criminal Law
- Part Six Customary Law, Human Rights, and Gender Equality
- Index
- References
9 - The Future of Customary Law in Ghana
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One The Nature and Future of Customary Law
- Part Two Ascertainment, Application, and Codification of Customary Law
- 4 The Quest for Customary Law in African State Courts
- 5 The Withering Province of Customary Law in Kenya
- 6 Putting Old Wine in New Wine Skins
- 7 Traditional Authorities
- 8 Engaging Legal Dualism
- 9 The Future of Customary Law in Ghana
- Part Three The Role and Power of Traditional Authorities
- Part Four Customary Land, Property Rights, and Succession
- Part Five Customary Criminal Law
- Part Six Customary Law, Human Rights, and Gender Equality
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
Customary law in contemporary Ghanaian society has undergone tremendous transformation. Its evolution has been necessitated by the need to adapt to modern development trends and join in the globalization movement. The Ghanaian legal system is characterized by the duality of applicable norms: It straddles customary law on the one side and statutory and common law on the other. The system has witnessed a sort of friction between these operative sources in the bid to institutionalize a single and coherent framework of law. The consequential exchanges thereof have been targeted at the attainment and configuration of a comprehensive system of law within Ghana and a refinement of the customary rules and practices in their adaptation to and participation in the concept of law in aid of the country’s development.
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- The Future of African Customary Law , pp. 202 - 224Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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