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The Shadows Behind The Law: An Overview Of The Legal System In Ghana, Prince Opoku Agyemang Apr 2014

The Shadows Behind The Law: An Overview Of The Legal System In Ghana, Prince Opoku Agyemang

Prince Opoku Agyemang

This article takes a closer look at the Ghanaian legal system at a glance, examining the supposedly independence of the three arms of government.The article focus on the political influence which is sometimes exerted on the judiciary which I termed "the Shadows" affecting the rule of law in the country.

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Construction Vs. Development: Polarizing Models Of Human Gestation, Richard Stith Jan 2014

Construction Vs. Development: Polarizing Models Of Human Gestation, Richard Stith

Law Faculty Publications

This essay argues that the polarization of our public debate over embryo-destructive research may be due, to a large extent, not to different valuations of individual human life but to different conceptions of the process of gestation, with one group treating the process as a making or construction and the other treating it as a development. These two incompatible models of reproduction are shown to explain the various positions commonly encountered in this debate over the treatment of embryos, and to a significant degree those encountered in the debate over abortion as well. Finally, the historical, theoretical, and intuitive strengths …

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