LAW AND PUBLIC LEGAL EDUCATION - GHANA

Democracy is a frequently used word but its meaning is rarely fully understood. A democratic political system is one in which the ultimate political authority is vested in the people. The word democracy comes from the Greek words "demos" which means the people and "kratos" which means authority. Democracy may be direct, or indirect and representative. In the modern pluralistic democratic state, power typically is exercised in groups or institutions in a complex system of interactions that involves compromises and bargaining in the decision process. The democratic creed includes the following four concepts: Individualism; which holds that the primary task of government is to enable each individual to achieve the highest potential of development. Liberty; which allows each individual the greatest amount of freedom consistent with order. Equality; which maintains that all persons are created equal and have equal rights and opportunities. Fraternity; which postulat...

It is very welcoming news that Africa has been able get Ghathafi to sit down for peace talks. Ever since the Libyan uprising, Africa’s position has not been much felt largely due to the ill-strength of the AU and the Western Interventions. As a Pan Africanist, I have never been comfortable whenever the West, hiding under the suit of UN tries to intervene in African matters. If we have African Problems, we cannot expect Western Solution to be suitable remedies. It is only an ill-thought to expect that the west would ever do any good to Africa, without far reaching interests to their economies and Nations. We have already been told by some media reports, that the AU was not in favour of Military Action on Libya yet they were simply ignored. This report has never come to frontline reports of Western Media such as the BBC, CNN and VOA. This makes the African look very helpless and insignificant. Adding to that is even the unwillingness of African governments to take lead initiatives in...