TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brobbey, S. A.
TI  - The law of chieftancy in Ghana ./ 
SN  - 9988758634
AV  - KRX3480.B76 
PY  - 2008///
CY  - Accra
PB  - Advanced Legal Publication
N1  - Includes index and bibliography; Contents: Chieftaincy and chiefs in Ghana: Constitutional and legal bases of chieftaincy in Ghana -- Who is a chief in Ghana -- Categories of chiefs -- The making of a chief -- Post installation processes and functions -- Litigation on chiefs and chieftaincy -- Specific causes of chieftaincy litigation -- Customary arbitration: Customary arbitration and related concepts -- Negotiated settlement -- Essentials of customary arbitration -- Custom, tradition and modernity -- Issues ancillary to customary arbitration -- Procedure at customary arbitrations --  Contempt of court: Preliminary matters on contempt proceedings -- Jurisdiction over contempt cases -- Filing of suit as basis for contempt proceedings -- Civil contempt: disobedience of court orders -- Criminal contempt -- Procedure for contempt of court -- Proof and liability for contempt -- Defences to contempt of court -- Punishment and sanctions for contempt of court -- Contempt in chieftaincy proceedings -- Judicial review: Exercise of judicial review and supervisory jurisdiction -- Certiorari -- Mandamus -- Prohibition -- Quo warranto -- Habeas corpus -- Procedure on application for judicial review -- Chieftaincy disputes and judicial review
ER  -