Constitutional Law in Ghana case law.
136 passages under 25 sub-areas. Open a sub-area to read what the courts said, point by point.
Open in the Research toolAmendment of the Constitution
5 passages · 1 case
Chieftaincy
3 passages · 1 case
Declaration of assets by public officers
2 passages · 1 case
Directive Principles of State Policy
1 passage · 1 case
Emoluments of article 71 office holders
4 passages · 1 case
Fundamental human rights and freedoms
23 passages · 10 cases
- Article 14(1): grounds for deprivation of personal liberty
- Article 14(7): acquittal on a technical ground distinguished from innocence
- Article 14(7): relevance of the reasons for the acquittal to compensation
- Article 14(7): whether compensation after acquittal is automatic or discretionary
- Article 33 as an alternative to a statutory appeal
- Damages for breach of a fundamental human right
- Derogation and limitation distinguished
- Derogation from fundamental rights in an emergency
- and 10 more points
Independent constitutional offices
6 passages · 1 case
- Appointment of an acting Auditor-General
- Direction to an independent officer to proceed on leave
- Meaning and extent of the independence of a constitutional office
- Presidential power of disciplinary control over an independent officer
- Relationship of the Auditor-General to the Audit Service Board
- Security of tenure of the Auditor-General
Judicial review of legislation
4 passages · 2 cases
Legislative power of Parliament
3 passages · 2 cases
Legislative process
2 passages · 1 case
Original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court
40 passages · 17 cases
- Circumstances in which interpretation arises
- Consequential reliefs and the enforcement jurisdiction
- Constitutional issue arising in proceedings before the Supreme Court
- Dismissal where the constitutional provisions are clear
- Effect of agreement between the parties on the Court’s duty
- Enforcement of the Constitution distinguished from enforcement of human rights
- Forum for a challenge to the constitutionality of an Act
- Justiciability and the need for a dispute
- and 6 more points
Prerogative of mercy
4 passages · 1 case
Public services
2 passages · 2 cases
Qualification for membership of Parliament
4 passages · 1 case
Reference of constitutional questions under article 130(2)
5 passages · 1 case
Removal of judges
9 passages · 2 cases
- Effect of a procedural infringement on the validity of a petition
- Prima facie case before a committee is set up against the Chief Justice
- Publication of a petition and the in camera requirement
- Whether administrative acts of the Chief Justice are immune
- Whether the courts may restrain article 146 proceedings
- Who may petition for the removal of a judge
Separation of powers
3 passages · 1 case
Supremacy of the Constitution
4 passages · 3 cases
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