Sources of Law in Ghana

Generally, the formulation of laws, where laws originated from, its enforcement forms part of sources of law. The Ghanaian Legal System is a British adopted English Legal System in 1876 by the Supreme Court Ordinance. The Ghanaian sources of law is stipulated in the 1992 republican constitution of Ghana. The sources of Ghanaian law indicated at Article 11 of the 1992 republican constitution as follows: The laws of Ghana shall comprise; this constitution; enactment made by or under the authority of the Parliament established by this constitution; any orders, rules and regulations made by any person or authority under a power conferred by this constitution; the existing law (written and unwritten laws of Ghana that existed immediately before the coming into force of the 1992 constitution; the common law (English common law, English doctrines of equity and the rules of customary law. This book examines the sources of Ghanaian law. Readers will find its useful especially Lawyers, Judges, Police Officers, Prison Service Officers, Fire Service Officers, Immigration Service Officers, Custom Excise and Preventive Service Officers (CEPS), Law students, Court Clerks, Paralegal Officers.