Korang, Daniel creator text nyu Ghana 2022 2017 2017 monographic eng

print

lxi, 499 p. : 23 cm Contents: The legal profession – The entrance examination – Preparing for the entrance exam – Dos and don’ts in the last few days before the exam – Nature of the entrance exam and admission procedure – Question types and techniques for answering – The real deal: writing the exams – Criminal law – Inchoate offences – Criminal offences and elements (fatal offences against the person) – Non-fatal offences against the person – Sexual offences – Offences against rights of property – General exemptions and defences in criminal law – Introduction to criminal procedure – Meaning, nature and elements of contracts – Terms of contract – Privity of contract – Vitiating factors – Discharge of contracts – Law of torts – The nature of tortious liability – Trespass to person – The rule in Walkinson V. Downtown – Malicious prosecution – Vicarious liability – Nuisance – Escape of dangerous things from land – Law of immovable – Introduction – Interest in land – The law of trust – Gifts – Wills and testaments – Customary law will – Adverse possession – Proof of title in land matters – Estoppel per rem judicatam – Defences in land matters – Constitutional law – Constitution – Judicial independence – The supremacy of the constitution – Separation of powers and checks and balances – The doctrine of non-justiciable political question – The doctrine of mootness – The spirit of the constitution – The concept of the rule of law – Constitutionalism – Citizenship – Directive principles of state policy – Ghana legal systems and methods – Major legal traditions and legal systems of the world – History of the Ghana legal system – Sources of law in Ghana – The court system in Ghana – Hierarchy and jurisdiction – Chieftaincy and chieftaincy institutions in Ghana – Fundamental human rights and freedoms – Prerogative writs – Contempt of court – Alternative dispute resolution – Legal aid – Natural Justice -- Daniel Korang. KRX283.K84 DLC 181206 20231214124605.0 20768284 eng