Dr. Ernest Owusu-Dapaa

Senior Lecturer


Dept: Commercial Law
FACULTY OF LAW
KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KUMASI
GHANA

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Publications

    PUBLICATIONS

    1. Owusu-Dapaa E. (2020). Academic Lawyers and The Evolution of Medical Law/ Healthcare Law as a Distinct Field of English Law. Medicine and Law, Vol. 39, Issue 4, pp. 537-552
    1. Owusu-Dapaa, E & Bewel, D (2021). Regulation of Health Care Professionals in Ghana: An Appraisal. Medicine and Law.
    2. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2021) Reimagining Doctrinal Orientations of English Health Care Law Scholarship Since 1980. International Journal of Law and Society.
    3. Owusu-Dapaa E. (2021). Unenforceability of Contract – Are Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms under Ghana’s 1992 Constitution Grounds of Public Policy? Part 3 or 4. Africa Journal of International Comparative Law.
    4. Bewel, Daniel & Owusu-Dapaa E (2021). Why the Supreme Court of Ghana erred on the Proper Application of Vicarious Liability Doctrine in its Recent Decision in Kwadwa Appiah V. Kwabena Anane. UCC Law Journal
    5. Owusu-Dapaa E. (2021). The Veil of Incorporation under Ghanaian Company Law - Taking Stock after Commencement of Companies Act 2019. International Comparative and Corporate Law
    6. Owusu-Dapaa E. (2020). Academic Lawyers and The Evolution of Medical Law/ Healthcare Law as a Distinct Field of English Law. Medicine and Law, Vol. 39, Issue 4, pp. 537-552
    7. Adomako-Kwakye C & Owusu-Dapaa E (2020). The Challenges for Surrogate Mothers in Ghana: Recommendations for the Legal Protection of Their Rights, Medicine and Law, Volume 39 Issue 4, 604-617
    8. Festus Emiri & Owusu-Dapaa, E, (2019). A Cathedral Pedagogy for Teaching Law: Using Contract Law as Sample, KNUST Law Journal, Vol.8, 182
    9. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2017). ‘Exploring the Existence of a Distinct Body of Health Care Law in Ghana’ KNUST Law Journal
    10. Oti Acheampong, A, Owusu-Dapaa, E et al. (2016). Informed Consent of Ghana Health Service Patients Charter: The Practice and Awareness, Journal of Biosciences and Medicines, 4, 63-67
    11. Owusu-Dapaa, E. (2016). Empowering Patients in Ghana: Is there a case for a Human Rights-Based Health Care Law? Lancaster University Ghana Law Journal, Volume 1, 91-114
    12. Owusu-Dapaa, E. (2016). Informed   Consent in Medical Treatment and the Challenge of Traditional Ghanaian Culture Volume 2 Lancaster University Ghana Law Journal 122-147
    13. Owusu-Dapaa, E & Festus Emiri, Ayuba Giwa (2020). Essentials of Lawyering Skills in Africa (Lagos: Malthouse Press Limited) (ISBN 978-978-57643-5-2)
    14. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2020). Medical Law in Ghana: A Primer (Icon Law Series)
    15. Owusu-Dapaa, E & Kwarteng, N.F., (2019). Ghana Legal System and Legal Method – A Core Textbook for LLB Students, (Accra: Major Dadzie Books) (ISBN 978-9988-54-500-0)
    16. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2021). Commissions of Inquiry and the Quest for a Greater Accountability in Health Care Delivery in Africa: A Ghanaian Perspective in Ndulo, M et al Handbook on African Law, Routledge/Taylor and Francis.
    17. Emiri, F., Owusu-Dapaa, E & Adesina,I, (2021). Teaching Persuasive Writing Using The “Process-Based” Approach in Emiri, F, & Orisewezie, D, Law and Society in Nigeria, Essays in Honour of Hon. Justice Marshal Umukoro (Malthouse Press Limited) ISBN: 978-978-54775-7-3
    18. Emiri, F & Owusu-Dapaa, E (2017). Medical Malpractice Litigation in Nigeria in O.A. Ijabadeniyi & C.T. Oluwadare, eds. Sociology of Health in 21st Century Africa, Lagos, CSS Sterling Press
    19. Owusu-Dapaa, E & Afriyie, J (2016). ‘Advances in Medicine, Regulation of Healthcare and the Search for Appropriate Legal Framework in Ghana’ in Oppong R.F, Adjabeng, W.K A Commitment to Law, Development and Public Policy: A Festschrift in Honour of Nana Dr. SKB Asante (London, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing) 683-706
    20. Owusu-Dapaa, E. ‘Advances in Medicine, Regulation of Healthcare and the Search for Appropriate Legal Framework in Ghana’ in Oppong R.F, Adjabeng, W.K  A Commitment to Law, Development and Public Policy: A Festschrift in Honour of Nana Dr. Skb Asante  (London, Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing, 2016) 683-706 
    21. Owusu-Dapaa, E. (2016) Empowering Patients in Ghana: Is There a Case for a Human Rights-Based Health Care Law? Volume 1   Lancaster University Ghana Law Journal 91-114
    22. Owusu-Dapaa, E. (2016) Informed   Consent in Medical Treatment and the Challenge of Traditional Ghanaian Culture Volume 2 Lancaster University Ghana Law Journal 122-147
    23. Owusu-Dapaa, E., Adjei Bediako, E. (2015) ‘Austerity in Civil Procedure – A Critical Assessment of the Impact of the Global Economic Downturn on Civil Justice In Ghana’ Erasmus Law Review, 210
    24. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2014) ‘Historical Development of Health Care Law and Bioethics in England and Wales: A Symbiotic Relationship’, Medicine and Law Vol 33(1), 22
    25. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2014) ‘Medical Malpractices and the Complexity of Healthcare Litigation: Is There a Case for No-Fault Compensation Regime in England and Wales?’ (Special Issue) Lex Medicinae, Ch.2
    26. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2014) International Encyclopedia for Medical Law: Ghana  (1st ed. Alphen aan den Rijn: Kluwer Law International 131 pages
    27. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2014) ‘A Review of Book - Families and End-of- Life Treatment Decisions- An International Perspective, by E. B. Feuillet, K. Orfali, T. Callus (eds), Bruylant, 2013, 346 pp. - Medical Law International, 14(3): 179-
    28. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2014) The International Human Right to Health: What Does it Mean for Municipal Law in Ghana and Pakistan, Journal of Political Studies, 21(1): 315 – 334
    29. Owusu-Dapaa, Ernest, (2013) ‘Euthanasia, Assisted Dying And The Right To Die In Ghana: A Socio-Legal Analysis’ Medicine and Law 32(4): 587-600
    30. Owusu-Dapaa, E. (2012) ‘Burying Smith v Selwyn [1914] 3 KB deep in the grave: the case for the abolition of the rule demanding prosecution of felony as a precondition to pursuit of civil action in Ghana’ Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 38(4): 697
    31. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2011) ‘An Exposition and Critique of Judicial Independence under Ghana’s 1992 Constitution,’ Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 37(3): 563.
    32. Owusu-Dapaa, E, Adarkwah, SB (2009) ‘The Doctrine of Ultra Vires and Protection of Shareholders, Creditors and Third Parties: A Balancing Act, Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 35 (3): 535
    33. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2008) ‘An Assessment of Evolution of Secured Credit in England and Beyond: Lessons for Ghanaian’, KNUST Law Journal, 4 (1): 20
    34. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2007) Reforming Companies Code of Ghana: Which way to Go? Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 33 (2): 209
    35. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2007) Facilitating Access to Credit in Ghana: The Role of Law since Independence in Mensah-Bonsu (ed), Ghana Law Since Independence (Accra: Black Mask Ltd, 2007):97-118.
    36. Owusu-Dapaa, E (2006) Injecting Commercial Sense into Penal Enactment – A Critique of the Fines (Penalty Units) Act, 2000 (Act 572), KNUST Law Journal 3: 94-

     


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