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  <titleInfo>
    <title>Marriage, registration and divorce in Ghana</title>
    <subTitle>law and procedure</subTitle>
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  <name type="personal">
    <namePart>Aribike, Oladele Kwaku</namePart>
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    <dateIssued encoding="marc">2018</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xviii, 245 p. ; 22 cm</extent>
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  <tableOfContents>Contents: Introduction -- The laws of Ghana and religious practices -- Theological and legal basis of marriage and divorce in Ghana -- Marriage under customary law -- Marriage according to Islamic law -- Christian and civil marriage under the marriages Act 1884-1985 (CAP 127) -- Provisions in the criminal offences Act 1960 (Act 29) that have bearing on marriages -- Church and state relations -- Recommendation and conclusion -- </tableOfContents>
  <note type="statement of responsibility">Oladele Kwaku Aribike.</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 226-227).</note>
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    <topic>Law and legislation</topic>
    <geographic>Ghana</geographic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
    <topic>Recording and registration</topic>
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  <classification authority="lcc">KRX543.A97 </classification>
  <identifier type="isbn">9789988277680</identifier>
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