The judiciary of Ghana comprises the Superior Courts of Judicature, established under the 1992 Constitution, and Inferior Courts established by Parliament, with a court hierarchy that derives largely from British juridical forms. The Superior Courts consist of the Supreme Court, Court of Appeal, High Court, and Regional Tribunals, and the enduring colonial legal legacy is visible even in courtroom dress, where judges wear British style wigs of horsehair and scarlet robes. The 1992 Constitution is the primary legal framework for the judiciary and is itself the only source able to define how the judiciary functions, protecting judicial independence from the executive and legislature.
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Source Wikidata: Edward Kwame Wiredu
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Source Wikidata: George Kingsley Acquah
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Wikidata: Georgina Wood
Includes: Georgina Wood, Georgina Theodora Wood (née Lutterodt; born 8 June 1947) is a Ghanaian former judge and a former public prosecutor of the Ghana Police Service.View the Source Paul Baffoe-Bonnie (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Paul Baffoe-Bonnie, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Ghanaian Supreme Court Judge
Akua Kuenyehia (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Akua Kuenyehia, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Akua Kuenyehia, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Ghanaian academic and lawyer who served as judge
Annie Jiagge (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Annie Jiagge, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Annie Jiagge, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Ghanaian lawyer
Dennis Dominic Adjei (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Dennis Dominic Adjei, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Dennis Dominic Adjei, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Ghanaian jurist and an active justice of the Sup
Fred Kwasi Apaloo (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Fred Kwasi Apaloo, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Fred Kwasi Apaloo, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Ke
Robert John Hayfron-Benjamin (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Robert John Hayfron-Benjamin, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Robert John Hayfron-Benjamin, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Ghanaian lawyer and judge
Edward Akufo-Addo (Wikipedia)
Includes: Edward Akufo-Addo, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Edward Akufo-Addo, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Ghanaian politician and lawyer
Kwasi Anin-Yeboah (Wikipedia)
Includes: Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Ghanaian judge and a former Chief Justice of Gha
Samuel Azu Crabbe (Wikipedia)
Includes: Samuel Azu Crabbe, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Samuel Azu Crabbe, Wikipedia lead sentence
was a Ghanaian barrister
Gertrude Torkornoo (Wikipedia)
Includes: Gertrude Torkornoo, Wikipedia lead sentenceQuote, Includes: Gertrude Torkornoo, Wikipedia lead sentence
is a Ghanaian judge who served as Chief Justice of Gh
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In Legal Family: Common Law, Section: Common lawQuote, In Legal Family: Common Law, Section: Common law
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Julius Sarkodee-Addo (Wikipedia)
Includes: Julius Sarkodee-Addo, IntroductionQuote, Includes: Julius Sarkodee-Addo, Introduction
Justice Julius Sarkodee-Adoo (8 September 1908 - January 1972) was the second Chief Justice of Ghana during the First Republic.
George Kingsley Acquah (Wikipedia)
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Category:20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
Isaac Kobina Abban (Wikipedia)
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Category:20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
Sophia Akuffo (Wikipedia)
WikipediaIncludes: Sophia Akuffo, Wikipedia category: Ghanaian women judgesQuote, Includes: Sophia Akuffo, Wikipedia category: Ghanaian women judges
Category:Ghanaian women judges
Kobina Arku Korsah (Wikipedia)
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Category:20th-century Ghanaian judges
Philip Edward Archer (Wikipedia)
Includes: Philip Edward Archer, Wikipedia category: 20th-century Ghanaian lawyersQuote, Includes: Philip Edward Archer, Wikipedia category: 20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
Category:20th-century Ghanaian lawyers
Edward Kwame Wiredu (Wikipedia)
Includes: Edward Kwame Wiredu, Wikipedia category: 21st-century Ghanaian judgesQuote, Includes: Edward Kwame Wiredu, Wikipedia category: 21st-century Ghanaian judges
Category:21st-century Ghanaian judges
CIA World Factbook: The World Factbook: Legal system
CIA World FactbookIn Group: Common Law in Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean, Government, Legal systemQuote, In Group: Common Law in Africa, Asia and the Mediterranean, Government, Legal system
mixed system of English common law and customary law
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