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MONDAY ESSAY: Scandalizing Justice: Free Expression at the Bar of Contempt
When speech turns from critique to contempt, the law steps in – not to silence dissent, but to protect the…
MONDAY ESSAY: From Podium To Page: Reframing Skills For A Paper-Heavy Courtroom
The best briefs tell a story. They have a beginning, a middle, and an end. They answer the question: why…
MONDAY ESSAY: New Foundations in Ghanaian Legal Education: Legal Education For Future Professionals
The last decade has seen the rapid expansion and proliferation of law schools and faculties in Ghana and this has…
MONDAY ESSAY: When The “Other Woman” Is A Wife: Joinder, Adultery And Judicial Discretion
When the “other woman” in a divorce petition is herself a wife, the law confronts a clash between procedure, reputation,…
MONDAY ESSAY: Docket Triage: Judicial Economy In An Era Of Legal Overload
In Ghana’s Fourth Republic, justice increasingly competes with time. Courtrooms from Accra to Tamale groan under crushing dockets, with civil…
From the Bench’s Eyes: Demeanour in an Era OF Written Testimony and Virtual Hearings
Modern justice delivery has quietly displaced a major part of the action in the witness box due to the heavy…
MONDAY ESSAY: 150 Years of Finality– The Supreme Court of Ghana: From Crown Instrument to Constitutional Guardian
But the fact that we argue through writs, not coups, is the Court’s victory.From Chalmers to Baffoe Bonnie, successive Chief…
Functus Officio and Judicial Duty: Understanding Judicial Finality and When Judges Stay Bound
Once a court has completed a case, it washes its hands and moves forward without looking back. there is no…
Monday Essay: Vindication After Bars: Recompense for the Righteous After Wrongful Conviction
The nightmare of wrongful conviction leads to shattered lives, leaving an innocent person damned to prison and their reputation in…
MONDAY ESSAY: The Bitter Pill Of Words – When Words Hurt: Understanding Defamation Law In Ghana
Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to…
