Edmund N. AmasahKwame Nkrumah University Of Science and Technology | KNUST · Faculty of Law
Edmund N. Amasah
Master of Laws
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Introduction
Edmund Nelson Amasah is a lecturer at the Commercial Law Department of the Faculty of Law, KNUST with more than 12 years teaching experience in both the Public Universities and the Private Universities. He teaches Commercial Law and Insurance Law. He has also previously taught Ghana Legal System, Contract Law, Tort Law and Company Law in other faculties of the University, KNUST.
He is a Consumer Protection Advocate and Executive Director of the Chamber of Banking and Insurance Consumers, Ghana (COBIC, GH). A non-profit organization that seeks to advocate, represent and enlightens consumers in the Banking and Insurance Industries.
His research interest lies in Insurance Law, Commercial Law and Consumer Protection and he has published in these areas and attended conferences and workshops, among other things. He is presently a doctoral student at the Faculty of Law KNUST where he is researching into “Insurance Claims Denial Based on Bad Faith: Using Enhanced Consumer Measures as an Instrument for Protection in the Ghanaian Insurance Industry.”
He is a DFID/Commonwealth Trust Scholar.
For more, visit: https://webapps.knust.edu.gh/staff/dirsearch/profile/summary/d70fd71a089e.html
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Publications (8)
The development of the internet together with advancement in technology has brought unprecedented opportunities for global communication and commerce. The core of individual and national life is largely hinged on transactions carried out in the cyberspace. The growth of technology, however, comes with concerns of individual privacy and the reasonab...
Insurance contracts are seen as a special form of contracts and as such are distinguished from general contracts due to the fact that parties to insurance contracts are expected to observe the dignity of utmost good faith, which is the duty of disclosure. Thus, insurance contracts are termed contracts of Uberrimae Fidei. The duty of utmost good fai...
This study seeks to analyse, compare and determine the extent to which various legal
jurisdictions have prioritized the protection of buyers in sale of goods contracts. A
doctrinal legal research approach was adopted in carrying out the study. The study
found that at the end of the 19th century, most legal systems are gradually making
statutory att...
It is about International Commercial Transaction and how the Supreme Court of Ghana has given effect to it by its implication as per Article 181 (5) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana.
Ghana is religiously diverse. Data from the country’s Statistical Service indicates that as of 2010, 71.2% of the population was Christian, 17.6% was Muslim, and 5.2% were adherents of traditional religious beliefs. Non-believers accounted for only 5.3%. Believers other than believers of the three main religions were less than 1%. Despite the diver...
The desire to put one's interest above another's is only human, but more often than not this leads to conflicts which must be resolved. Dispute resolution is at the heart of legal practice and has often meant one thing-litigation! This paper examines the role the law has played in making litigation the dominant form of dispute resolution in Ghana....
