Regional court complex-Tamale

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2009-06-23
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Over the years courts in Ghana have seen huge increments in cases and caseloads without a corresponding increase in court facilities and staff to effectively handle and manage the situation. Factors contributing to these would be attributed to increase in population, culture of the people, religious inclination just to mention a few and awareness level of the citizenry to the constitution of the land, their rights and responsibilities These increments in caseloads and the lack of implementing modem methods and applying modern means of arbitration have placed stresses on the judicial service resulting in huge back log of cases and in some circumstances the loss of public confidence in the judicial services i competence the to deliver timely judgment and expedient court action. The judiciary being an arm of government in this sense will have to be seen to be up and doing in with its role in administering and interpreting justice fairly and timely to all citizens to aid in Ghana's development agenda. In this light it has taken certain initiatives such as the introduction of Alternate Dispute Resolution (A.D.R) mechanisms in arbitration. It has also taken steps to upgrading and modernizing its record keeping and archiving. In a bid upgrading its systems the service has sought to give its old dilapidated court houses and building a face lift and in some instances construct new one's or have a combination of courts were necessary. This is targeted at improving the justice system and removing all bottlenecks in the administration of justice in the country.
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A Thesis Submitted to the Department of Architecture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Postgraduate Diploma in Architecture
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