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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. |