Dr Justice Srem-Sai

Department

Faculty of Law

Justice is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He joined the Faculty in 2015 and has since focused his research and publication projects on exploring the boundaries of the constitutional rights of persons and corporations. In line with that focus, he has taught and supervised research on trending themes across constitutional law, human rights law, disability law, intellectual property law, and the law of businesses and business organisations.

A strong advocate of networking, Justice has, over the years, been committed to constructing and widening the professional network of our students. In 2015, he led the Faculty’s hosting of the Ghana national rounds of the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, a program which has considerably enhanced the visibility and international networking potentials of Ghana’s law schools. He has also spearheaded the establishment of the GIMPA Law Theory and Practice Seminar Series – a project which is designed to build and strengthen the synergetic relationship between our students and industry. Justice is currently a Patron of the GIMPA Law Students’ Association.

Outside the walls of the Faculty, Justice has, over the years, built a reputation of a passionate constitutional rights enforcement lawyer and civil right advocate. He has worked with several human rights defender organisation – including the Institute of Law & Public Affairs (ILPA), the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), the DefendDefenders Project, and the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) – to help secure justice for victims of police brutalities and other human rights abuses.

Justice was called to law practice in Ghana in 2011. Before that he obtained his undergraduate degrees from the University of Ghana and the Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law. He holds postgraduate law degrees from the Cardiff School of Law & Politics, Harvard Law School, and Leeds Law School. Justice’s academic awards include the Open Society Foundations Scholarship grant (2012), the Harvard Law School Scholarship award (2013), the Emory Law School Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative award (2018), and the Leeds Law PGR Overall Outstanding Thesis of the year award (2021).

Ph.D – University of Leeds

LLM, Harvard Law School

LLM, Cardiff University

QCL, Ghana School of Law

LLB, University of Ghana

BA, University of Ghana

Comparative Constitutional Law/ International Commercial Arbitration

Constitutional and administrative law

Constitutional Law

  • ‘Board Dependence and the Demise of Ghana’s State-owned Enterprises’ African Journal of International and Comparative Law (Forthcoming) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘The Hugger-Mugger of Enforcing Socio-Economic Rights in Ghana: A Threat to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ (2015) 3 African Disability Rights Yearbook 135-159) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • “Of the Supreme Court, Amidu, the Attorney-General and Woyome: Qui Tam?”, in Ghana @ 60: Evolution of the Law, Democratic Governance, Human Rights and Future Prospects (Ed. Frimpong et al.) (UPSA, 2017) forthcoming. (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Amending the Entrenched Provisions of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana: A Nuanced Legal Perspective’ (a joint article submitted to Dr. Peter Atupare Atudiwe for an editorial book to be published by Lexis Nexis) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • Socioeconomic Challenges of Persons with Disabilities in Ghana’, Open Society Foundation Disability Rights Scholarship Alumni Workshop, Tbilisi, Georgia, (August 13 – 19, 2016) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘The Treatment of Customary Law under Ghana’s 1992 Constitution: An Inspiration to South Sudan’, Paper delivered at the National Constitutional Review Conference held in Juba, South Sudan (November 24 – 26, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Equality and Non-Discrimination in Disability Human Rights Law’ A Paper delivered at the Roundtable on the Proposed African Disability Protocol in Pretoria, South Africa (August 20 – 23, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Parliamentary Oversight in Ghana: A Review’ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Parliamentary News Letter (September, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Social Care Law in Ghana: A Case for Carers’ Paper delivered at the 2013 Annual Cerebra Social Care Law conference at the Centre for Health and Social Care Law, Cardiff Law School, Cardiff, UK. (February 21, 2013). (Justice Srem-Sai)

Dr Justice Srem-Sai

Department

Faculty of Law

Justice is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He joined the Faculty in 2015 and has since focused his research and publication projects on exploring the boundaries of the constitutional rights of persons and corporations. In line with that focus, he has taught and supervised research on trending themes across constitutional law, human rights law, disability law, intellectual property law, and the law of businesses and business organisations.

A strong advocate of networking, Justice has, over the years, been committed to constructing and widening the professional network of our students. In 2015, he led the Faculty’s hosting of the Ghana national rounds of the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, a program which has considerably enhanced the visibility and international networking potentials of Ghana’s law schools. He has also spearheaded the establishment of the GIMPA Law Theory and Practice Seminar Series – a project which is designed to build and strengthen the synergetic relationship between our students and industry. Justice is currently a Patron of the GIMPA Law Students’ Association.

Outside the walls of the Faculty, Justice has, over the years, built a reputation of a passionate constitutional rights enforcement lawyer and civil right advocate. He has worked with several human rights defender organisation – including the Institute of Law & Public Affairs (ILPA), the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), the DefendDefenders Project, and the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) – to help secure justice for victims of police brutalities and other human rights abuses.

Justice was called to law practice in Ghana in 2011. Before that he obtained his undergraduate degrees from the University of Ghana and the Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law. He holds postgraduate law degrees from the Cardiff School of Law & Politics, Harvard Law School, and Leeds Law School. Justice’s academic awards include the Open Society Foundations Scholarship grant (2012), the Harvard Law School Scholarship award (2013), the Emory Law School Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative award (2018), and the Leeds Law PGR Overall Outstanding Thesis of the year award (2021).

Ph.D – University of Leeds

LLM, Harvard Law School

LLM, Cardiff University

QCL, Ghana School of Law

LLB, University of Ghana

BA, University of Ghana

Comparative Constitutional Law/ International Commercial Arbitration

Constitutional and administrative law

Constitutional Law

  • ‘Board Dependence and the Demise of Ghana’s State-owned Enterprises’ African Journal of International and Comparative Law (Forthcoming) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘The Hugger-Mugger of Enforcing Socio-Economic Rights in Ghana: A Threat to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ (2015) 3 African Disability Rights Yearbook 135-159) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • “Of the Supreme Court, Amidu, the Attorney-General and Woyome: Qui Tam?”, in Ghana @ 60: Evolution of the Law, Democratic Governance, Human Rights and Future Prospects (Ed. Frimpong et al.) (UPSA, 2017) forthcoming. (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Amending the Entrenched Provisions of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana: A Nuanced Legal Perspective’ (a joint article submitted to Dr. Peter Atupare Atudiwe for an editorial book to be published by Lexis Nexis) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • Socioeconomic Challenges of Persons with Disabilities in Ghana’, Open Society Foundation Disability Rights Scholarship Alumni Workshop, Tbilisi, Georgia, (August 13 – 19, 2016) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘The Treatment of Customary Law under Ghana’s 1992 Constitution: An Inspiration to South Sudan’, Paper delivered at the National Constitutional Review Conference held in Juba, South Sudan (November 24 – 26, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Equality and Non-Discrimination in Disability Human Rights Law’ A Paper delivered at the Roundtable on the Proposed African Disability Protocol in Pretoria, South Africa (August 20 – 23, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Parliamentary Oversight in Ghana: A Review’ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Parliamentary News Letter (September, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Social Care Law in Ghana: A Case for Carers’ Paper delivered at the 2013 Annual Cerebra Social Care Law conference at the Centre for Health and Social Care Law, Cardiff Law School, Cardiff, UK. (February 21, 2013). (Justice Srem-Sai)

Dr Justice Srem-Sai

Department

Faculty of Law

Justice is a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law. He joined the Faculty in 2015 and has since focused his research and publication projects on exploring the boundaries of the constitutional rights of persons and corporations. In line with that focus, he has taught and supervised research on trending themes across constitutional law, human rights law, disability law, intellectual property law, and the law of businesses and business organisations.

A strong advocate of networking, Justice has, over the years, been committed to constructing and widening the professional network of our students. In 2015, he led the Faculty’s hosting of the Ghana national rounds of the prestigious Philip C. Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition, a program which has considerably enhanced the visibility and international networking potentials of Ghana’s law schools. He has also spearheaded the establishment of the GIMPA Law Theory and Practice Seminar Series – a project which is designed to build and strengthen the synergetic relationship between our students and industry. Justice is currently a Patron of the GIMPA Law Students’ Association.

Outside the walls of the Faculty, Justice has, over the years, built a reputation of a passionate constitutional rights enforcement lawyer and civil right advocate. He has worked with several human rights defender organisation – including the Institute of Law & Public Affairs (ILPA), the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (ISLA), the DefendDefenders Project, and the International Senior Lawyers Project (ISLP) – to help secure justice for victims of police brutalities and other human rights abuses.

Justice was called to law practice in Ghana in 2011. Before that he obtained his undergraduate degrees from the University of Ghana and the Qualifying Certificate in Law from the Ghana School of Law. He holds postgraduate law degrees from the Cardiff School of Law & Politics, Harvard Law School, and Leeds Law School. Justice’s academic awards include the Open Society Foundations Scholarship grant (2012), the Harvard Law School Scholarship award (2013), the Emory Law School Vulnerability and the Human Condition Initiative award (2018), and the Leeds Law PGR Overall Outstanding Thesis of the year award (2021).

Ph.D – University of Leeds

LLM, Harvard Law School

LLM, Cardiff University

QCL, Ghana School of Law

LLB, University of Ghana

BA, University of Ghana

Comparative Constitutional Law/ International Commercial Arbitration

Constitutional and administrative law

Constitutional Law

  • ‘Board Dependence and the Demise of Ghana’s State-owned Enterprises’ African Journal of International and Comparative Law (Forthcoming) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘The Hugger-Mugger of Enforcing Socio-Economic Rights in Ghana: A Threat to the Rights of Persons with Disabilities’ (2015) 3 African Disability Rights Yearbook 135-159) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • “Of the Supreme Court, Amidu, the Attorney-General and Woyome: Qui Tam?”, in Ghana @ 60: Evolution of the Law, Democratic Governance, Human Rights and Future Prospects (Ed. Frimpong et al.) (UPSA, 2017) forthcoming. (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Amending the Entrenched Provisions of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana: A Nuanced Legal Perspective’ (a joint article submitted to Dr. Peter Atupare Atudiwe for an editorial book to be published by Lexis Nexis) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • Socioeconomic Challenges of Persons with Disabilities in Ghana’, Open Society Foundation Disability Rights Scholarship Alumni Workshop, Tbilisi, Georgia, (August 13 – 19, 2016) (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘The Treatment of Customary Law under Ghana’s 1992 Constitution: An Inspiration to South Sudan’, Paper delivered at the National Constitutional Review Conference held in Juba, South Sudan (November 24 – 26, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Equality and Non-Discrimination in Disability Human Rights Law’ A Paper delivered at the Roundtable on the Proposed African Disability Protocol in Pretoria, South Africa (August 20 – 23, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Parliamentary Oversight in Ghana: A Review’ Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Parliamentary News Letter (September, 2014). (Justice Srem-Sai)
  • ‘Social Care Law in Ghana: A Case for Carers’ Paper delivered at the 2013 Annual Cerebra Social Care Law conference at the Centre for Health and Social Care Law, Cardiff Law School, Cardiff, UK. (February 21, 2013). (Justice Srem-Sai)

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