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6 Tex. A&M L. Rev. Arguendo [i] (2018-2019)

handle is hein.journals/tsamlw6 and id is 1 raw text is: Volume 6 Texas A&M Law Review Arguendo 2018 WHOSE LAND IS IT ANYWAY? NAVIGATING GHANA'S COMPLEX LAND SYSTEM by Aimee Kline, Elan Moore, Elizabeth Ramey, Kevin Hernandez, Lauren Ehrhardt, Megan Reed, Morgan Parker, Samantha Henson, Taylor Winn, & Taylor Wood* TABLE OF CONTENTS I. In tr o d u ctio n ..........................................................................................................................................1 II. S ta tu to ry L a w .......................................................................................................................................1 A . B a c kg ro u n d .......................................................................................................................................1 B. Presidential Retention ofPublic Land and Minerals .......................................................................3 C . E stablishm ent of the L ands C om m ission ..........................................................................................4 D. Establishment ofthe Ministry ofLands and Natural Resources ......................................................4 E . N on-C itizen L and O w nership ...........................................................................................................5 F . S to o l a n d S k in L a n d ..........................................................................................................................5 G . N atural R esource P rotection ............................................................................................................6 H. Current Legislation: The Land Bill of 2016 .....................................................................................6 1. Structure .......................................................................................................................................7 2. Notable Sections...........................................................................................................................7 III. Customary Law....................................................................................................................................8 A . P a trilin eal C ustom ary L aw ...............................................................................................................9 B . M atrilineal C ustom ary L aw ............................................................................................................11 IV. Practicalities and Issues.....................................................................................................................12 A. Ownership, Acquisition, and Registration ofLand in Ghana.........................................................12 1. Ownership ..................................................................................................................................12 2. Acquisition .................................................................................................................................12 3. Registration ................................................................................................................................13 B. Compulsory Acquisition and Illegal Resource Harvesting.............................................................14 1. Compulsory Acquisition and Compensation..............................................................................14 2. Illegal Logging ...........................................................................................................................15 C . P roblem s w ith L an d C ourt..............................................................................................................18 1. Over scheduling..........................................................................................................................18 2. Court Reporters ..........................................................................................................................18 D . C o rrup tio n in G h a n a ......................................................................................................................19 V. Conclusion ..........................................................................................................................................20 *J.D. Recipients and Candidates, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2018 and 2019; participants in Texas A&M University School of Law's Global Law Program in Ghana. The Authors would like to thank Professor Aric Short and Professor Thomas Mitchell for being the faculty advisors in Ghana and throughout the process of writing this Article. Without your help and guidance this would have been an impossible task. Thank you to Professor Rita Yembilah and Dr. Cassandra Johnson Gaither for their assistance and support, and to the many Ghanaian attorneys, judges, agency officials, and chiefs who took time out of their busy schedules to meet with the Authors during their time in Ghana. Thank you to Elizabeth Shannon, Rebecca Ward, and the entire Texas A&M Law Review staff for editing this Article. Lastly, thank you to Dean Charlotte Ku, Professor Cynthia Alkon, Chase Sanger, and the entire Law School faculty and staff for their continued support and tireless efforts to make these programs successful. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37419/LR.V6.Arg.1

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