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Consumer Law and Policy on Faulty Goods: A Comparative Analysis of the Law in Ghana and the UK (2025)
Book
Yidana, N. (2025). Consumer Law and Policy on Faulty Goods: A Comparative Analysis of the Law in Ghana and the UK. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-08700-3

This book evaluates the adequacy of the existing law to protect consumers in Ghana when they are supplied with faulty goods. In turn, the law in Ghana is compared with the law in England and Wales. Specifically, the analysis offers a comparative asse... Read More about Consumer Law and Policy on Faulty Goods: A Comparative Analysis of the Law in Ghana and the UK.

Navigating Historical and Legal Shortfalls to Resolve the Bawku Chieftaincy Conflict in Ghana through Court-connected Mediation (2024)
Preprint / Working Paper
Yidana, N., & Izac-Hassan, E. (2024). Navigating Historical and Legal Shortfalls to Resolve the Bawku Chieftaincy Conflict in Ghana through Court-connected Mediation. SOAS School of Law, Gender and Media. Working Paper Series, 10, 1-24. https://www.soas.ac.uk/about-soas/colleges-schools-and-departments/school-law-gender-and-media/soas-working-papers-law

This article examines the conflict between Mamprusis and Kusasis, rooted in chieftaincy disputes and escalating over the years, resulting in the loss of innocent lives, destruction of property, and deterioration of the area's former status as a busin... Read More about Navigating Historical and Legal Shortfalls to Resolve the Bawku Chieftaincy Conflict in Ghana through Court-connected Mediation.

Consumer law in Ghana (2024)
Book Chapter
Yidana, N., & Nkansah, L. A. (2024). Consumer law in Ghana. In E. Ghio, & R. Perlingeiro (Eds.), Are Legal Systems Converging or Diverging? Lessons from Contemporary Crises (pp. 101-125). Springer Nature. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38180-5_7

This chapter examines the evolution of consumer law and policy in Ghana, focusing on reforms induced by crises over the last two decades. It considers whether such reforms converge with or diverge from, international, supranational, and sub-regional... Read More about Consumer law in Ghana.

Liability for faulty goods in consumer contracts in Ghana and the UK: Convergence or divergence, and what lessons can be learned? (2023)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Yidana, N. (2023, July 19-21). Liability for faulty goods in consumer contracts in Ghana and the UK: Convergence or divergence, and what lessons can be learned? [Paper presentation]. The 18th conference of the International Association of Consumer law (IACL) on the theme: “Challenges and Unanswered Questions of Consumer Law”, Rudolf Steiner Haus in Hamburg, Germany.

Regulatory Remedies in the Enforcement of Product Quality and Safety Standards in Ghana: A Case for Reform from a Comparative Analysis (2023)
Journal Article
Yidana, N. (2023). Regulatory Remedies in the Enforcement of Product Quality and Safety Standards in Ghana: A Case for Reform from a Comparative Analysis. Business Law Review, 44(1), 2-11. https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Business+Law+Review/44.1%20[pre-publication]/BULA2023005

This article examines the regulatory remedies in the enforcement of consumer law regarding the quality and safety standards of goods in Ghana. The article argues that the remedies which the regulatory institutions administer in their enforcement of c... Read More about Regulatory Remedies in the Enforcement of Product Quality and Safety Standards in Ghana: A Case for Reform from a Comparative Analysis.

Sale in the Ordinary Course of Business Under Ghana Law: Recent Developments and Lessons from the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Yidana, N. (2021). Sale in the Ordinary Course of Business Under Ghana Law: Recent Developments and Lessons from the UK. Business Law Review, 42(3), 136-142. https://doi.org/10.54648/bula2021019

The Sale of Goods Act 1962 (Act 137) put a statutory footing on implied conditions for the quality and fitness of goods in every contract involving the sale of goods in Ghana. The functionality of the implied conditions of quality and fitness of good... Read More about Sale in the Ordinary Course of Business Under Ghana Law: Recent Developments and Lessons from the UK.

Enacting a Consumer Protection Law in Ghana: Possible lessons from the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015 (2020)
Journal Article
Yidana, N. (2020). Enacting a Consumer Protection Law in Ghana: Possible lessons from the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015. Law Research Review Quarterly, 6(4), 323-342. https://doi.org/10.15294/lrrq.v6i4.41183

For many years, the trend of legislation has been piecemeal with a fusion of the rules of laws for the protection of consumer and non-consumer buyers. However, the complexity of accessing the fragmented laws and their unsuitability in dealing with co... Read More about Enacting a Consumer Protection Law in Ghana: Possible lessons from the UK Consumer Rights Act 2015.

The Consumer in the Midst of Two Distinct Terms for the Quality of Goods in Ghana: Can the Law Be Simplified (2020)
Journal Article
Yidana, N. (2020). The Consumer in the Midst of Two Distinct Terms for the Quality of Goods in Ghana: Can the Law Be Simplified. Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization, 94(2), 150-167. https://doi.org/10.7176/JLPG/94-19

This paper examines the suitability of the concurrent operation of the term of ‘free from defects’ and the term of ‘merchantability quality’ as the basic standard terms for the quality of goods respectively in sale of goods contracts and hire-purchas... Read More about The Consumer in the Midst of Two Distinct Terms for the Quality of Goods in Ghana: Can the Law Be Simplified.