Prof. (Mrs.) Lydia Apori Nkansah

Associate Professor

Dept: Commercial Law
Faculty of Law, KNUST
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Primary Interest: Constitutional Law, International Criminal Justice, Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Peace Building, Democracy and Electoral L...~more

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Publications

    Book Chapters/Edited Volume 

    • Nkansah, L. A. Democratic Transitions in Africa: Civil Resistance and Unconstitutional Change of Government, in Muna B. Ndulo & Cosmas Emeziem , African Law Handbook: A Historical, Political, Social, and Economic Context of Law in Africa Routledge/Taylor and Francis Publishers, (2021) 179-195.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Achieving Peace in Post Conflict Sierra Leone and Liberia: The Truth Commissions and Restorative in Action, in B.B. Orubebe, Lydia A. Nkansah, S.M. Olokooba & V. Tebi Mbeli eds., Contemporary Issues in Public, Human Rights and Islamic Law: Discussions and Perspectives, Grosvenor House Publishing Ltd. (2020)
    • Nkansah, L. A. Types of International Criminal Courts in Africa, in Jeremy Sarkin and Ellah T.M. Siang’andu (eds.) , Africa’s Role and Contribution to International Criminal Juttice. Supranational Criminal Law: Capita Selecta, Intersentia, Antwerp (2020) 25-53.
    • Nkansah, L.A. & Addadzi- Koom, M., Presidential Grant of Pardon and Rule of Law: The Case of Montie Trio. In FRANCISCA KUSI-APPIAH (ED), Ghana @60: Evolution of the Law, Democratic Governance, Human Rights, and Future Prospects, Galda Verlag, Glienicke (2019) 93-116.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Electoral Justice under Ghana’s Fourth Republic, In Michael Addaney and Michael G. Nyarko Eds. Ghana @ 60: Governance and Human Rights in the age of Africa Rising, Pretoria University Law Press (2017) 32-51.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Electoral Adjudication in Africa’s Democratization Process: A Prerequisite for Electoral Justice. In Haque, Shyaka & Mudacumura , Democratizing Public Governance in Developing Nations: With Special Reference to Africa. Routledge, (2017) 257-268. 
    • Nkansah, L.A. ICERD in Post-Conflict Landscape: Towards a Transitional Justice Role. In David Keane & Annapurna Waughray (ed.), “50 Years of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination: A Living Instrument” Manchester University Press, (2017) 207-223.
    • Nkansah L.A., Asare, J. D. & Otu G. Dispute Resolution and Consumer Protection in Ghana. In Richard Frimpong Oppong & Kissi Agyebeng eds., A Commitment to Law, Development and Public Policy: A Festschrift in Honour of Nana Dr SKB Asante; (London: Wildy Simmonds and Hill Publishing, (2016) 295-310.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Democratic Succession in Africa: Enhancing Orderly Transition through the African Charter on Democracy, Election and Governance. In Charles C. Jalloh and Olufemi Elias Shielding Humanity: Essays in International Law in Honour of Judge Abdul G. Koroma, Brill |Nijhoff: Leiden (2015) 639-661.
    • Nkansah, L.A. Transfer of Power to a New Administration in Ghana’s Democratic System: The Way Forward. In Apt, A. Ed, “Positioning Ghana: Challenges and Innovations”, Institut Francais de Rechercheen Afrique IFRA-IBADAN (2015)35-57.

     

    Refereed Journal Articles      

    • Addadzi-Koom, M. E., & Nkansah, L. A., Women at the Bench: Does it Make a Difference? Assessing the Impact of Women Judges in Addressing Gender-Based Issues in Ghana, in Oñati Socio-Legal Series (2021). 
    • Nkansah, L. A. & Gawu, D. A. , Review of the Electoral Process under Ghana’s Fourth Republic, Forthcoming, African Journal of International and Comparative Law (2020) 355- 28 (3 ) 355–377.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Dispute Resolution and Electoral Justice in Africa: The Way Forward, Africa Development, Vol. XLI, No 2, 2016, pp. 97 – 
    • Nkansah, L.A. & Chimbwanda, V. Interdisciplinary Approach To Legal Scholarship: A Blend From the Qualitative Research Paradigm, Asian Journal of Legal Education (2016)3(1) 55-71.
    • Nkansah, L.A. The Call to Citizens of Ghana to Defend Ghana’s Fourth Republican Constitution: A Death Trap? Commonwealth Law Bulletin (2015)41(4) 597-698.
    • Nkansah, L. A. The Dance of Truth and Justice in Postconflict Peacebuilding Process in Sierra Leone, African Journal of International and Comparative Law, (2015) 23(2) 199–225.
    •  Nkansah, L.A. Consumer Protection in Ghana: An Appraisal of the Law, Joseph Ayo Babalola University Law Journal 2015), 2(1), 185-200.
    • Nkansah L. A. The Right of Resistance and the Defence of Ghana’s Fourth Republican Constitution, KNUST Law Journal (2014) 6, 129-158.
    • Nkansah, L. A. International Criminal Court in the Trenches of Africa. African Journal of International Criminal Justice, (2014) (1)1, 8-36.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Justice within the Arrangement of the Special Court for Sierra Leone verses Local Perceptions of Justice: A Contradiction or Harmonious? African Journal of International and Comparative Law, (2014). 22.1,103-119.
    • Nkansah, L. A. The International Criminal Justice in Africa: Some Emerging Dynamics, Journal of Politics and Law, (2011), 4 (2), 74-84.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Restorative Justice in Transitional Sierra Leone, Journal of Public Administration and Governance, (2011), 1(1), 157-173.
    • Apori-Nkansah, L. The Prosecution of War Criminals by the Special Court for Sierra Leone within the Arrangement of International Criminal Justice. GIMPA Journal of Leadership, Management and Administration, (2009), 5(2), 22-53. 
    • Apori-Nkansah, L.  Accountability in Post-Conflict Societies: The Truth and Reconciliation Commission and Special Court for Sierra Leone. Legon Journal of International Affairs, (2009) 6(1), 27-44. 
    • Apori-Nkansah, L. Coordinating Restorative and Retributive Mechanisms for Transitional Justice in Postconflict Societies: The Sierra Leonean Experiment. GIMPA Journal of Leadership, Management and Administration, (2009), 6(1), 1-26. 
    • Antwi-Apori, L. Coup D’état and the Problems of Continuity and Persistence of Law”: Bendel State University Law Journal 1991/1992, 1(1), 97- 107.
    • Antwi-Apori, L. The Scope of the Felonious Tort Rule in Nigeria” 1986 Vol. 1 Journal of Bendel Law Students.

     

    Books/Monographs

    • Nkansah, L. A. Transitional Justice: Perspectives on Truth, Justice and Reconciliation in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone (2010) Saarbruken, Germany: VDM Verlag, Germany. Available at the website of several book vendors including Blackwell: blackwell.co.uk, Barnes & Noble: www.barnesandnoble.com, Amazon.com: www.amazon.com, AbeBooks.com: www.abebooks.com, 
    • Nkansah, L. A. The Survival of Multi-Party Democracy and Politics of Accommodation and Tolerance: Agreeing to Disagree in the Interest of Ghana (2008) Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA): Ghana Policy Paper No.23 available at file:///C:/Users/Dr/Downloads/monograph-23%20(1).pdf
    • Apori-Nkansah, L. Transitional Justice in Post-Conflict Contexts: The Case of Sierra Leone’s Dual Accountability Mechanisms. Published Doctoral Dissertation, 2008, UMI AAT 329147                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             

    Conferences/Seminars and Workshop at which Papers were read

    • Addadzi-Koom M.E. & Nkansah L.A., Moving from Legal Justice to Gender Justice: A Case Study of the ECOWAS Court presented at a Workshop on Gender and Judging in Pluralistic Societies: A Comparative Assessment of Access to Justice for Women Across Africa, Accra, Ghana (August 8-10, 2019).
    • Nkansah, L. A. & Addadzi-Koom, M. E., Women at the Bench: Does it Make a Difference? Assessing the Impact of Women Judges in Addressing Gender-Based Issues in Ghana. Paper presented at a workshop on Gender and Judging in the Middle East and Africa: Emerging Scholarship and Debates from 5-6 July, 2018 in Onati, Spain, organised by the Institute of Sociology of Law, Spain.
    • Addadzi-Koom, M. E. & Nkansah, L. A. Women’s Access to Justice in Pluralistic Ghanaian Legal System. Paper presented at the Law and Society Association Annual Meeting, 2018 on “Law at the Crossroads” under the Panel on “Gender Judging and Africa CRNs on the theme Women, gender, law, courts and justice issues” from 7-10 June 2018 in Toronto, Canada.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Presidential Transition under Ghana’s Fourth Republic. Paper presented at   the Jurist Confab on Law, Governance and Development held on March 17, 2017 in Cape Coast, organised by the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast.
    • Nkansah, L.A. & Addadzi- Koom, M., Presidential Grant of Pardon and Rule of Law: The Case of Montie Trio. Paper presented at the conference on Ghana @60: Evolution of the Law, Democratic Governance, Human Rights, and Future Prospects held from 9th- 10th March 2017 in Accra, organized by the Faculty of Law, University of Professional Studies.
    • Nkansah, L.A., Apraku Nketia & Osei-Afriyie Justice, ICC and Africa: The Issue of Concurrent Jurisdiction within the Complementarity Principle under the Rome Statute. Paper presented at the Conference on International Criminal Court and Africa: A Discussion on Legitimacy, Impunity, Selectivity, Fairness and Accountability held from March 16th – 18th 2016 in GIMPA, Accra, organised by GIMPA Faculty of Law.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Democratic Transitions under Ghana’s Fourth Republic: Research paper presented at the Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research, held from June 15-26, 2015 at Syracuse University, New York. The conference was hosted by the Consortium for Qualitative Research Methods, the Center for Qualitative and Multi-Method Inquiry in the Moyniham Institute for Global Affairs at the Maxwell School and National Science Foundation.
    • Nkansah, L. A. Dispute Resolution and Electoral Justice in Africa: The Way Forward, paper presented at the 14th General Assembly of CODESRIA held from 8 -12 June 2015 in Dakar, Senegal. 
    • Nkansah L. A. Restorative Justice in Postconflict Reconstruction in Sierra Leone and Liberia. Paper presented at a conference on “Restorative Justice, Responsive Regulation, & Complex Problems, held from July 15-18, 2014 at University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, USA, organised by University of Vermont, State of Vermont Agency of Human Services, Vermont School of Law and the Dispute Resolution Clinic at Vermont Law School. 
    • Nkansah L. A. Electoral Adjudication in Africa: A Prerequisite for Electoral Justice.  Paper presented at the 2nd International Conference on Democratic Governance in Africa, Asia and Middle East, held from 30th June to 3rd July, 2014, in Kigali, Rwanda. The conference was jointly organised by Rwandan Governance Board and Cheyney University of Pennsylvania, USA. 
    • Nkansah L. A. The International Criminal Court and Peacebuilding in Africa: The Need for Contextualisation.  Paper presented at a conference on the theme: “Intercultural Dialogue: Harnessing cultural values for social stability and democracy” under the panel on “Cultural diversity and conflict resolution”, organised by Centre for Cultural and African Studies, KNUST (CECAST) from 22nd -23rd October, 2013 at KNUST Campus, Kumasi, Ghana. 
    • Nkansah L. A. Democratic Succession in Africa: The Quest for an Orderly Transition. Paper presented at the Conference on International Law in Africa under the Theme “The Quest for Human Security, Peace and Development: Challenges and Responses”, organised by the African Foundation of International Law (AFIL), the Centre for Human Rights, University of Pretoria, South Africa, the Institute for International and Comparative Law in Africa (ICLA), University of Pretoria, and Faculdade de Direito, Universidade Eduardo Mondlane. It was held from 5th-6th October, 2012 in Mozambique. 
    • Nkansah L. A. The Dance of Truth and Justice in Postconflict Peacebuilding Process in Sierra Leone. Paper Presented at a conference on “Global Perspectives on Justice Security and Human Rights”, organized John Jay College of Criminal Justice from 6th -9th June, 2012, in New York. 
    • Nkansah L. A. Honing Analytical Skills for Legal Research: A Blend from Social Science Methods. Paper Presented at the Conference on Preparing Students for the Practice of Law, Organized by Academics Promoting the Pedagogy of Effective Advocacy in Law (APPEAL) and University of Zululand, from December 7-9, 2011 in Mtunzini, South Africa. 
    • Nkansah L. A. Justice within the Arrangement of the Special Court for Sierra Leone verses Local Perceptions of Justice: A Contradiction or Harmonious? Paper Presented at the American Political Science Association Annual Conference, 2011 on “The Politics of Rights” under the Panel on “The Promise Effects and Limits of the Rule of Law under National, International and Transnational Settings”. Held in Seattle, Washington, USA, from September, 1-4, 2011.
    • Nkansah L. A. Transfer of Power to a New Administration in Ghana’s Democratic System: The Way Forward, Paper presented at the Fourth European Conference on African Studies, under the theme ‘Africa’s Engagement: On Whose Terms’, organized by The Nordic Africa Institute from June 14 -18, 2011 in Uppsala, Sweden 
    • Nkansah L. A. Democratic Succession in Transitional Ghana: A Pitch between Law and Politics, Paper presented at the KNUST Law Students Annual Law Week, 2011 at the Faculty of Law Auditorium, KNUST Campus. 
    • Nkansah L. A. Restorative justice within the Contexts of Transitional Justice, Paper presented at the West African Regional Conference on Plea Bargaining, Restorative Justice and Use of Non-Custodial Options in Criminal Justice Systems, organized by the Dispute Resolution Bureau, from June 28-30, 2010 at La Palm Royal Hotel, Accra.
    • Nkansah L. A. Agreeing to Disagree in the Interest of Ghana, A Core Mandate of Politicians, the Media and Civil Society, Paper Presented at a seminar organized by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) on “the Survival of Multi-Party Democracy and Politics of Accommodation and Tolerance” for political party leaders and key civil society actors held from 8-11th October, 2009 at Little Acre Hotel, Aburi-Akwapim, Ghana. Published in the IEA occasional paper series.
    • Nkansah L. A. Women and Children’s Rights in Ghana, Paper presented at an international forum organized by the OLA Sisters Convent (Catholic Church) Cape Coast on Friday 7th August, 2009.
    • Nkansah L. A. The Issue which “convulses a nation”: Transfer of Power to a New Administration in Ghana’s Democratic System, Paper presented at a Seminar, Graduate School of Governance, Leadership and Public Management GIMPA, January 29, 2009.
    • Apori-Nkansah, L. Reflections on the 2008 Elections by the GIMPA Election Observation Group, Paper presented at a Seminar held at Alisa Hotel, Accra on Wednesday 29th April, 2009.  
    • Apori-Nkansah, L. Award Winning Presentation on Transitional Justice in Post Conflict Contexts: The Case of Sierra Leone Accountability Mechanisms, Organized by Walden University, Minneapolis on July 26, 2008. Available at http://www.waldenu.edu/c/media/LydiaApori-Nkansah.htm.
    • Apori-Nkansah, L. The International Criminal Justice within the Domestic Settings of Africa. Paper Presented at the Staff Development Seminar, Graduate School of Governance, GIMPA, on May 8, 2008.
    • Apori-Nkansah, L. Making Democracy Work in Ghana, Paper presented at a forum organized by the Ghana Institute of    Languages, January, 2002.

       

      THESIS/ DESSERTATION

    • Transitional Justice in Post Conflict Contexts: The Case of Sierra Leone’s Dual Accountability Mechanisms, (2008 Published Doctoral Dissertation, Walden University).
    • Dispute Resolution and Consumer Protection in Nigeria, (1991) (Unpublished Master of Laws (LL.M) Thesis, Bendel State University) (On file with author).

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