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Title:Progress and regress in Samansiw
Author:Dankwa, E.V.O.
Year:1978
Periodical:University of Ghana Law Journal
Volume:15
Pages:97-112
Language:English
Geographic term:Ghana
Subjects:customary law
family law
Abstract:The customary mode of making wills (samansiw) in Ghana provides an illustration of how customary law develops and of how such a development can be arrested. The author examines a number of issues in this respect: the origin of samansiw; the formal requirements of samansiw and certain aspects of its essential validity; the extent to which samansiw is recognised among the various communities or customary legal systems in Ghana. Notes.
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