Blog of the UG-LSU
This article summarizes the position of the law on what the legal requirements are respecting the locus standi of a person to competently invoke the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Ghana under Articles 2(1) and 130 (1) of the 1992 Constitution. Additionally, readers should take away brief guides as to enforcement jurisdiction of […]
I am not married and so I am not in the position to describe how it feels for someone to sleep with another person’s wife or husband but I imagine—from all the stories I’ve heard— that it must be very excruciating. Especially for some men because the pain would have been fuelled by your fragile masculine ego, […]
Anyone who has ever played with a camera knows it is always better to take a picture when the subject is absent minded. This point is so self-evident that people actually fake “no-look” poses once they realize you are taking a picture of them. Ask any wedding photographer whether this is true and you will […]
The news concerning the premature demise of Captain Mahama spread like wildfire in Ghana. Citizens of Ghana were put in a state of mourning. How such a handsome, kind and dedicated man could have his life snuffed away like a candle could not help but be a topic for discussion nationwide. The horrific manner in […]
Terrorism is anything but new. Indeed, acts of terror date as far back as the eleventh century. For decades now, identifiable groups including Boko Haram, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and Al-Shabaab as well as unidentifiable groups have sought to gain power and control territories by recourse to violence. This is done […]
I had walked into the law school, naïve, unpretentious and not knowing to what to expect. In our first Logic class, Dr. Baasit asked us to introduce ourselves and the Senior Secondary Schools we were coming from, every single one of us. Wesley Girls, Achimota, Aburi Girls, et cetera. That was when I knew I […]
I was meant for this The swift rushing wind The shouts and cheers Nimble feet on trodden ground I was almost there My spirit soared Victory was mine It happened then The unthinkable Excruciating pain shot through my being My body on fire Unquenchable Through a haze I felt myself being lifted And then […]
Dear April, A stranger without my knowledge obtained my picture, posted it on their status and captioned it ‘RIP dear’. The post spread and has caused a great inconvenience in my life. Family and friends have all been contacting me through incessant phone calls, messages and emails for weeks to find out the truth whilst […]
People go for all kinds of camps: church camps, leadership camps, to mention a few. Usually one would go voluntarily for such a camp with the exception of kids who might be ‘forced’ by their parents to go for such camps. Unfortunately, a certain class of women in modern day Ghana had no other option […]
On a not so special Sunday morning a young lady opens her closet and lets out all the skeletons and bottled up emotions she had kept in there for many years. With tears and a wave of emotion as though the event happened only that morning, she recounts instances of continuous rape and sexual assault […]