A Commitment To Law, Development And Public Policy: A Festschrift In Honour Of Nana Dr. Skb Asante (nana Susubribi Krobea Asante)

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From An African Village To The Global Village And Back : A Fictional Story On The Life And Career Of Nana Dr. Skb Asante / Benjamin Kwakye -- Law And Life : The Measure Of The Man, An Essay In Honour Of Nana Dr. Skb Asante / Justice Vcrac Crabbe -- Ahead Of His Time : Samuel Kb Asante / Daniel Magraw And Lilla Fordos -- Nana Dr. Skb Asante : A Most Highly Qualified Publicist Of Public Inter-national Law / Emmanuel Yaw Benneh -- Ghana's International Borrowing And Other International Business Transactions : Perspectives Of Nana Dr. Skb Asante / Kwaku Addeah -- The Debate On Corporate Responsibility Under International Investment Law : The Skb Asante Contribution / Vuyelwa Kuuya And Kofi Adjepong-boateng -- Recollections Of An American Friend Of Dr. Samuel Kb Asante / Charles N. Brower -- Legal Advisor To The Developing World / Samuel Stern -- Bilateral Investment Treaties, The Settlement Of Investment Disputes, And Developing Countries / Muna Ndulo -- National Foreign Direct Investment Policy Competition And The Changing International Investment Regime / Karl P. Sauvant -- Regulating Transnational Corporations : An Unending Quest For Global Economic Justice / Victor Essien -- The Challenge Of A Multilateral Regulatory Framework For Investments : New Approaches And Instruments / Antoine Basile -- Should Governments Demand Equity In Foreign-owned Extractive Projects? / Louis T. Wells -- Spare The Sinner, Punish The Righteous : A Review Of The Supreme Court Of Ghana Jurisprudence On International Business Transactions / Christopher Y. Nyinevi -- Alternative Dispute Resolution And Its Relationship With The Judicial Process In The United Kingdom / William Blair -- African National Courts, International Arbitral Tribunals And The Quest For Harmonious Relations / Francis Botchway -- Transfer Pricing, Baseball And International Arbitration / Charles H. Gustafson -- International Business Transactions, Arbitration And The Constitution Of The Republic Of Ghana / Richard Frimpong Oppong -- Defective And Pathological Clauses In International Commercial Arbitration Agreements / Barbara F. Ackah-yensu -- The New York Convention, Arbitration Agreements And Enforcement Of Foreign Arbitral Awards In Ghana / Samuel Marful-sau -- Administration Of Justice By Traditional Authorities In Ghana : An Exposition On The Law And Practice / Phyllis M. Christian -- Dispute Resolution And Consumer Protection In Ghana / Lydia A. Nkansah, Jennifer Djanbea Asare And George Out -- Language That Denigrates, Language That Threatens, And The Challenge Of Nation Building Under A Constitutional Democracy / Henrietta Jan Mensa-bonsu -- Personal Reflections On The Fragility Of States In The Developing World And Attempts To Proscribe Hate Speech And Speech That Threatens The Polity / Dominic K. Asante -- African Interests In Interpreting The Notion Of Failed States : Law, Regionalism And Global Governance / Henry J. Richardson Iii -- Organised Civil Society Helps Better Global Governance / Peter Eigen -- Rule Of Law And Constitutionalism In Ghana : Some Recent Case Law / Samuel Kofi Date-bah And Albert Kodzo Fiadjoe -- Promoting, Nurturing And Sustaining The Rule Of Law In Ghana / Kwame Frimpong -- When Officials Decide : A Study Of The History And Nature Of Discretionary Powers In Ghana / Maame As Mensa-bonsu -- Ghana's Council Of State : Free & Fit To Counsel? / Julia Selman Ayetey -- Progressional Chiefs, Service Chiefs And Heads Of Communities In The Chieftaincy Institution Of Ghana And Their Legal Effect / Dennis Dominic Adjei -- Skb Asante And The Half-century Debate On Resource Nationalism In The Developing World / Raymond A. Atuguba -- Establishing A New Legal Regime For Petroleum Exploration, Development And Production In Ghana : The Role Of The United Nations Centre On Transnational Corporations / Tsatsu Tsikata -- Managing Oil Revenue For Economic Development : An Examination Of The Fiscal Regime Relating To Petroleum Development In Ghana / Solomon F. Amoateng -- Land Administration In Ghana : A Prognosis / John Tiah Bugri -- The Environment : Our Silent Heritage / Letitia E. Obeng -- African Union And The International Criminal Court : The Imperative Of Reconciling The Ends Of Justice With Considerations For Peace / Emmanuel Yaw Benneh -- Re-thinking The Domestication Of International Treaties In Ghana / Ernest Yaw Ako -- International Intellectual Property Law And Africa : Considerations Of Human Rights And Development / Edward Kwakwa -- Advances In Medicine, Regulation Of Health Care And The Search For Appropriate Legal Framework In Ghana / Ernest Owusu-dapaa And Osei-afriyie -- Legal Reforms In Ghana And The Reality Of A Hybrid Legal Personality / Ama Hammond -- Injustice Masquerading As Justice : The Adverse Effects Of European Values On African Legal Systems / Nana Kobina Nketsia V -- Actors In The Transition From An African Village To The Global Village And Back : Reflections And Words Of Appreciation / Nana Dr. Skb Asante. Edited By Richard Frimpong Oppong, Llb (ghana), Llm (cambridge), Llm (harvard), Phd (uni Brit Columbia), (barrister-at-law, Fellow Of The Ghana Academy Of Arts And Sciences, Associate Professor, Thompson Rivers University Faculty Of Law), Kissi Agyebeng, Llb (ghana), Llm (dalhousie), Llm (cornell), (barrister-at-law, Lecturer, University Of Ghana School Of Law, Managing Partner, Cromwell Gray Llp, Accra). Includes Bibliographical References.