Court: Supreme Court of Ghana

Year: 2001-2002

Principle(s): 1. Rule of law. The official acts of the President can be questioned through the Attorney General. 2. Meaning of mootness and its application in Ghana. 3. Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.

Court: Supreme Court

Year: 2011

Principle(s): Constitutional and statutory limits on the institution of chieftaincy; Section 63(d) of the Chieftaincy Act, 2008 (Act 759), which gives power to the chief to call a person to attend to an issue, void for being contrary to Article 21(1)(g) (freedom of movement). Rule of law: the chieftaincy institution is not above the laws of Ghana; Chiefs do not have an adjudicating function, only the function of customary arbitrator

Court: United States Court of Appeal

Year: 1974

Principle(s): 1. Rule of law: The president does not have absolute immunity. 2. Checks and balances: intra-branch disputes are justiciable