Month: September 2019

The field of jurisprudence comes off often as the most vexatious arena of legal studies to the law student, if not the more esoteric. To the student of Philosophy, this is the only field of law which is worth cogitating on. This is not to suggest a fragmented divorce line between Law and Philosophy since […]

Facts A husband faked his death and framed his wife for allegedly murdering him, so he could run away with his mistress. Although the man’s body was never found, the court tried and convicted the woman to life imprisonment. After some years had elapsed, the woman was released on parole. She then hunted her husband […]

What lessons can Africa learn from the European Union? In the last article, I recounted the formation and gains of the European Union. Now I conclude by making a few reflections about the lessons Africa can learn from the European Union. First, there is the need for Africans to learn how to live together and […]

The European Union In the last article, I discussed the origins, aims and potential benefits of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). Here, I delve into the European Union and its gains when it comes to economic integration and by extension, political integration. The World Wars, especially the second one had sent Europe hollering […]

Introduction The most significant development in International Trade in the 21st century is arguably the African Free Continental Trade Area (hereafter called AfCFTA). For the African region, the bringing into existence of an implementable form of this agreement and the gains and expectations the region anticipates to harvest from it can be likened to the […]

I have been fascinated with television advertisements for as long as I can remember. As a child, it was my dream to be in one of the advertisement for popular brands, just like Miriam, the little girl in my school who did a very popular advert for one of the milk brands, and became a […]

The tentacles of the law have been stretched even to the Holy Bible. The plaintiff in this potential law suit is the messiah as professed by Christians. The set of facts to be relied on by the writer has been provided by an eye witness Mark.  The written testimony of Mark can be found in […]

The day is gone, night is here I told myself I’ll do it today but then Adjoa sent me a gist I couldn’t afford to miss. I had to keep track with the series. Daddy called and we spoke for hours. I said, I’ll do it after my nap, but it turned into a full […]

What is normal? I think we know what it is better than anyone. We know because we are those who keep our true selves and call them our other selves buried deep inside. We dig a big hole and we cover it with guilt, shame, rage, societal pressures, the opinions of others and then, finally, […]