Law and Social Change in Ghana

by William Burnett Harvey

Book Overview

While Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Ghana from 1962 to 1964, the author personally observed the evolving legal order in Ghana during a crucial period in that country's development. Here, he considers statutes and judicial decisions. Working from the premise that law is a value-neutral technique of social ordering and derives its value content from a dominant elite, Professor Harvey places the important Ghanaian...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691650802
• ISBN13: 9780691650807
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 468 Pages
• Weight: 1.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.0" x 8.0"