Democratic Governance, Law, and Development in Africa

Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom is a lecturer of law at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, and the Research and Innovation Lead at the Institute for African Women in Law, USA. Michael Addaney is a lecturer in planning and environmental policy at the Department of Planning and Sustainability of University of Energy and Natural Resources, Sunyani, Ghana, and Senior Research Associate at the Centre for Public Management and Governance at the University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Lydia A. Nkansah is an Associate Professor and Former Dean at the Faculty of Law, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

• Part I: Introduction.- Chapter 1: The Fourth Republic and 1992 Constitution of Ghana: Grounding Democracy, Rule of Law and Development.- Chapter 2: Imperial President and Constitutionalism under the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.- Part II: Ghana’s Fourth Republic: Democracy, Rule of Law and Development.- Chapter 3: Reflections on Public Interest Constitutional Litigation of the Government of Ghana’s Economic Transactions with Private Parties.- Chapter 4: Protection of Privacy of Communication and the Admissibility of Electronic Evidence: An Assessment of the Supreme Court's Guidelines.- Chapter 5: Balancing the Freedom of Expression, Right to Information and Use of Social Media in Ghana.- Chapter 6: Examining the Regulatory Character and Constitutional Validity of the Bank of Ghana’s Directives to Actors in the Banking Sector.- Part III: Inclusive Development and Securing the Rights of Minorities Under Ghana’s Fourth Republic.- Chapter 7:Connecting Disability Rights and Democracy in Ghana: Leveraging on the UN Sustainable Development Goals.- Chapter 8: Balancing Religious Freedoms and the Right to Education of Minorities in Ghana: A Focus on Access to Public Senior High Schools by Rastafarians.- Chapter 9: Gendered Power Relationships and Inequality in Northern Ghana.- Chapter 10: Majoritarian Democracy and the LGBT Conundrum in Ghana.- Part IV: Constitutional Law, Institutions and Governance in Ghana.- Chapter 11: Safeguarding the Independence of Autonomous Constitutional Bodies in Ghana.- Chapter 12: Redefining the Jurisdiction of Commissions of Inquiry under the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.- Chapter 13: The Contribution of Strong Institutions in Promoting Good Governance in Ghana.- Chapter 14: Police Brutality and Violence Against Liberian Refugees and Migrants in Ghana: Assessing the Role of the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice.- Chapter 15: Devolution and the Transformation of Ghana’s Local Government Law towards a Functional Decentralized Governance System.- Chapter 16: The Contribution of the International Community to Peaceful Elections in Ghana.- Part V: Democratization, Good Governance and Development in Africa.- Chapter 17: Economic development, Democratization and the Rule of Law in Ghana and Nigeria.- Chapter 18: Constitutional Design and the Realisation of Human Rights in Botswana: Challenges and Prospects.- Chapter 19: Rule of Law and Human Rights during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Africa: Reflections from Ghana.- Chapter 20: Violence against Women and the Quest for a Sustainable Solution in Africa: Reflections on Rediscovery of the Due Diligence Standard.- Chapter 21: Assets Declaration as a Tool to Combat Corruption in Africa.- Part VI: Governing the Environment, Climate Change and Social Challenges in Africa.- Chapter 22: Climate change and human rights in Africa: A New factor in African Union Policymaking.- Chapter 23: Domestication of International Law on the Environment and Climate Change in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects.- Chapter 24: Climate Change and Clean Energy Generation in Ghana: Reflections on the Regulatory and Investment Frameworks.- Chapter 25: The Role of the Environmental Protection Agency under Ghana’s Fourth Republic.