Ghana: Book On Customary Land Law Launched.

Two volumes of a book aimed at aiding in
research and guiding legal practitioners
as well as the general public on
documented landmark cases adjudicated
in the courts have been launched in
Accra.
Volume 1 of the book is titled "Cases and
Materials on Customary Land Interests"
and volume 2 bears the name "Cases and
Materials on Customary Land laws in
Ghana-Customary land management",
both authored by seasoned lawyer and
Law lecturer Mr. Kwame Gyan.
During the launch of the book Lawyer
Kwame Gyan was hopeful that his
publication would serve as a database for
research materials on land law.
He mentioned that the books would
inform and educate the public on land
ownership and acquisition in order to
avoid the usual litigations associated with
sale and purchase of land in Ghana.
"I seek to lessen the burden of research
on law students who had to dig deep into
antiquities to find literature and
information on customary lands",
explained Lawyer Gyan.
Volume 1 of the book captures topics
including alluvial titles and customary
laws while the 2nd volume deals with
matrimonial property, formalities of
transfer of land interest and stool, family
and land owning-entities.
Each of the volumes contains four
chapters of both ancient and recent court
cases aimed at educating the legal
community as well as the general public
on customary land issues.
Lawyer Gyan indicated some students go
to the library and rip off pages from old
texts serving as reference materials hence
the need to assemble all of such materials
spanning ancient and recent court cases
for the benefit of the legal community
and beyond.
The more we bring the law from the
confines of the law libraries and
academia, the more we bring the law to
the people, the more we demystify the
law and clear public misperception of
lawyers.
Launching the book, Prof. Nii Ashie
Quartey of the University of Ghana law
school noted that the book is a seminal
work and would update the legal
fraternity as well as the citizenry on
customary land law.
The event which was well patronized by
prominent personalities including
politicians, giants of industry as well as
footballers saw copies of the book being
auctioned for as much as GH¢10,000.