Akan deities as agents of conflict resolution mechanism in Ghana : promises and pitfalls / Seth Tweneboah -- Administration of civil justice in India: ancient and modern perspectives / Tarun Arora, Neelu Mehra -- The civil justice reform debate : an African perspective / Francis Kofi Korankye-Sakyi -- Holding the police to account : the legal framework for police accountability in Zimbabwe / Ishmael Mugari -- Judging the subordinate judiciary / Rattan Singh -- Administration of civil justice and its glorious uncertainty in the Indian legal system : a long, expensive journey to justice / Soma Day Sarkar, Rathin Bandyopadhyay, Bidisha Bandyopadhyay -- Costs and delays in accessing justice : a comparative analysis of Ghana and Sierra Leone / Elijah Tukwariba Yin, Beamie Moses Seiwoh -- Access to justice and legal representation in Nigeria : commentaries on the experiences of human rights lawyers / Oluwaseun Olanrewaju -- Alternative dispute resolution in Ghana: a critical look at act 798 / Christopher Amoasi -- Unpacking the dilemma of alternative dispute resolution and access to justice by women in the Ghanaian context / John Kwame Boateng, Ernest Darkwa -- Challenges facing mediation as a means of court-connected alternative dispute resolution in the Ashanti Region of Ghana / Ebenezer Barnes, Alex Somuah Obeng -- Shielding members of parliament against court summons : interrogating the question of parliamentary immunity / Mark Asant, Thomas Prehi Botchway -- Recent trends and repercussions in civil and criminal justice systems : a comparative analysis of England, Singapore, and India / Mitsu Parikh, V.S. Krishna.
Summary:
"This book delves into issued of 'Civil justice' which refers to that part of a legal system that is concerned with the legal relations between people (including 'legal persons') as distinct from 'criminal justice' i.e. that part of the legal system concerned with actions by the state against people and looks at contracts, personal injury, property and the breakdown of family relations as familiar examples of civil disputes"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Advances in public policy and administration (APPA) book series
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