Dr Isidore Tufuor

Department

Faculty of Law

Dr. Isidore Tufuor joined the GIMPA Faculty of Law in 2010 as a lecturer where he teaches a number of courses including Labour and Employment Law and Criminal Law. He is also a fully bilingual (French-English) legal practitioner called to the Ghana Bar. Isidore is a Partner at Law Plus (Attorneys-at Law), a law firm in Accra and oversees its Consultancy Department. He is also practices law in the areas of commercial and corporate law; labour and employment law, criminal law, particularly in the domain of financial crimes, and environmental justice. Isidore is a director at the Centre for Criminal Justice, Policy and Research (CCJPR), a research-based organisation in criminal law and criminal justice reform. Today, the Centre is one of the leading organisations which provides solutions through research, training, advocacy and policy making in the area of criminal law and criminal justice in Ghana.

Dr Tufuor is also the Head of Programmes responsible for training and capacity building in the areas of corporate and business law and employment law at the Corporate Secretarial Training Services CSTS, a private organization in Accra.

Between 2010-2012, he worked with the Leitner Centre for International Law and Justice (New York) on Human Rights Projects in the criminal justice delivery in Ghana, and also served as the Programs Coordinator for the African Centre for Development Law and Policy. Dr Tufuor is currently the Head of Law Department, at the GIMPA Law Faculty.

University of Fort Hare (LL. D, 2018)

Fordham University (LL.M, 2010 cum Laude)

Ghana School of Law (QCL, 2010)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (LL. B, 2007)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BA, 2004)

Criminal Law and Labour Law

Human rights, criminal law, customary law, labour law and public health matters.

Criminal Law

  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2020-2021 Legal year. Dennis Law Publications, Accra, March 2022
  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2019-2020 year.  Dennis Law Publications, September 2021
  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2018-2019 year.  Dennis Law Publications, September 2020
  • Isidore Tufuor, Due Process or Crime Control? An Examination of the Limits of the Right to Silence in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana (2022) 22 African Human Rights Law Journal, 187-212
  • Isidore Tufuor, A Review of the Defence Pretrial Disclosures within the Case Management Theory of Criminal Proceedings in Ghana (2022) 29 Journal of Legal Studies, 69-90
  • Isidore Tufuor, Safeguarding the Public Health in the Midst of a Pandemic: An Evaluation of the COVID-19 related Criminalization in Ghana (2021) 6 GIMPA Law Review (Special Edition on Covid-19 and the Law)52-76.
  • Isidore Tufuor, Access to Bail pending Trial: Addressing the Procedural Challenges faced by Self-represented accused persons in Ghana: (2020) GIMPA Law Review 175-193
  • Isidore Tufuor, Greasing the Wheels of Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana: An Evaluation of the Legal and Regulatory Framework: (2019) 19 African Human Rights Law Journal 267-289.
  • Isidore Tufuor, Future of Customary Law in Ghana, (co-authored with Justice Joseph Bawa Akamba) in The Future of African Customary Law (2011) Cambridge University Press, 202-224
  • Isidore Tufuor, What Beyond Autonomy? Repositioning the Right to Self-Representation within the Values of Fair Trial in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana: (2020) 46 Commonwealth Law Bulletin Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 27-52

 

Dr Isidore Tufuor

Department

Faculty of Law

Dr. Isidore Tufuor joined the GIMPA Faculty of Law in 2010 as a lecturer where he teaches a number of courses including Labour and Employment Law and Criminal Law. He is also a fully bilingual (French-English) legal practitioner called to the Ghana Bar. Isidore is a Partner at Law Plus (Attorneys-at Law), a law firm in Accra and oversees its Consultancy Department. He is also practices law in the areas of commercial and corporate law; labour and employment law, criminal law, particularly in the domain of financial crimes, and environmental justice. Isidore is a director at the Centre for Criminal Justice, Policy and Research (CCJPR), a research-based organisation in criminal law and criminal justice reform. Today, the Centre is one of the leading organisations which provides solutions through research, training, advocacy and policy making in the area of criminal law and criminal justice in Ghana.

Dr Tufuor is also the Head of Programmes responsible for training and capacity building in the areas of corporate and business law and employment law at the Corporate Secretarial Training Services CSTS, a private organization in Accra.

Between 2010-2012, he worked with the Leitner Centre for International Law and Justice (New York) on Human Rights Projects in the criminal justice delivery in Ghana, and also served as the Programs Coordinator for the African Centre for Development Law and Policy. Dr Tufuor is currently the Head of Law Department, at the GIMPA Law Faculty.

University of Fort Hare (LL. D, 2018)

Fordham University (LL.M, 2010 cum Laude)

Ghana School of Law (QCL, 2010)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (LL. B, 2007)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BA, 2004)

Criminal Law and Labour Law

Human rights, criminal law, customary law, labour law and public health matters.

Criminal Law

  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2020-2021 Legal year. Dennis Law Publications, Accra, March 2022
  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2019-2020 year.  Dennis Law Publications, September 2021
  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2018-2019 year.  Dennis Law Publications, September 2020
  • Isidore Tufuor, Due Process or Crime Control? An Examination of the Limits of the Right to Silence in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana (2022) 22 African Human Rights Law Journal, 187-212
  • Isidore Tufuor, A Review of the Defence Pretrial Disclosures within the Case Management Theory of Criminal Proceedings in Ghana (2022) 29 Journal of Legal Studies, 69-90
  • Isidore Tufuor, Safeguarding the Public Health in the Midst of a Pandemic: An Evaluation of the COVID-19 related Criminalization in Ghana (2021) 6 GIMPA Law Review (Special Edition on Covid-19 and the Law)52-76.
  • Isidore Tufuor, Access to Bail pending Trial: Addressing the Procedural Challenges faced by Self-represented accused persons in Ghana: (2020) GIMPA Law Review 175-193
  • Isidore Tufuor, Greasing the Wheels of Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana: An Evaluation of the Legal and Regulatory Framework: (2019) 19 African Human Rights Law Journal 267-289.
  • Isidore Tufuor, Future of Customary Law in Ghana, (co-authored with Justice Joseph Bawa Akamba) in The Future of African Customary Law (2011) Cambridge University Press, 202-224
  • Isidore Tufuor, What Beyond Autonomy? Repositioning the Right to Self-Representation within the Values of Fair Trial in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana: (2020) 46 Commonwealth Law Bulletin Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 27-52

 

Dr Isidore Tufuor

Department

Faculty of Law

Dr. Isidore Tufuor joined the GIMPA Faculty of Law in 2010 as a lecturer where he teaches a number of courses including Labour and Employment Law and Criminal Law. He is also a fully bilingual (French-English) legal practitioner called to the Ghana Bar. Isidore is a Partner at Law Plus (Attorneys-at Law), a law firm in Accra and oversees its Consultancy Department. He is also practices law in the areas of commercial and corporate law; labour and employment law, criminal law, particularly in the domain of financial crimes, and environmental justice. Isidore is a director at the Centre for Criminal Justice, Policy and Research (CCJPR), a research-based organisation in criminal law and criminal justice reform. Today, the Centre is one of the leading organisations which provides solutions through research, training, advocacy and policy making in the area of criminal law and criminal justice in Ghana.

Dr Tufuor is also the Head of Programmes responsible for training and capacity building in the areas of corporate and business law and employment law at the Corporate Secretarial Training Services CSTS, a private organization in Accra.

Between 2010-2012, he worked with the Leitner Centre for International Law and Justice (New York) on Human Rights Projects in the criminal justice delivery in Ghana, and also served as the Programs Coordinator for the African Centre for Development Law and Policy. Dr Tufuor is currently the Head of Law Department, at the GIMPA Law Faculty.

University of Fort Hare (LL. D, 2018)

Fordham University (LL.M, 2010 cum Laude)

Ghana School of Law (QCL, 2010)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (LL. B, 2007)

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (BA, 2004)

Criminal Law and Labour Law

Human rights, criminal law, customary law, labour law and public health matters.

Criminal Law

  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2020-2021 Legal year. Dennis Law Publications, Accra, March 2022
  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2019-2020 year.  Dennis Law Publications, September 2021
  • Isidore Tufuor et. al., Supreme Court Legal Nuggets – Legal Principles of the Supreme Court of Ghana for 2018-2019 year.  Dennis Law Publications, September 2020
  • Isidore Tufuor, Due Process or Crime Control? An Examination of the Limits of the Right to Silence in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana (2022) 22 African Human Rights Law Journal, 187-212
  • Isidore Tufuor, A Review of the Defence Pretrial Disclosures within the Case Management Theory of Criminal Proceedings in Ghana (2022) 29 Journal of Legal Studies, 69-90
  • Isidore Tufuor, Safeguarding the Public Health in the Midst of a Pandemic: An Evaluation of the COVID-19 related Criminalization in Ghana (2021) 6 GIMPA Law Review (Special Edition on Covid-19 and the Law)52-76.
  • Isidore Tufuor, Access to Bail pending Trial: Addressing the Procedural Challenges faced by Self-represented accused persons in Ghana: (2020) GIMPA Law Review 175-193
  • Isidore Tufuor, Greasing the Wheels of Legal Aid in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana: An Evaluation of the Legal and Regulatory Framework: (2019) 19 African Human Rights Law Journal 267-289.
  • Isidore Tufuor, Future of Customary Law in Ghana, (co-authored with Justice Joseph Bawa Akamba) in The Future of African Customary Law (2011) Cambridge University Press, 202-224
  • Isidore Tufuor, What Beyond Autonomy? Repositioning the Right to Self-Representation within the Values of Fair Trial in Criminal Proceedings in Ghana: (2020) 46 Commonwealth Law Bulletin Commonwealth Law Bulletin, 27-52

 

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