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Prof. Peter Atudiwe Atupare is a former Dean of the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Coast. His research interests are in the areas of Constitutional Law, Jurisprudence, Law of Torts, Conflict of Laws, Human Rights, Socio-Legal Studies, Law and Society, Administrative Law and Health Law and Ethics. He is a respected member of Public Law in Ghana, Nigeria and across the globe, especially in the areas of Constitutional Theory and Human Rights. He is one of the youngest prolific writers in the School of Law University of Ghana. He has over 40 main publications including 4 books. His books and book chapters are published with reputable international publishers such as University of Cambridge Press, LexisNexis, Routledge, Wildy Simmonds & Hill and Juta and Company Ltd. His journals are published, among others, in Harvard Human Rights Journal; International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies; International Journal of Public Law and Policy; Journal of Law, Policy and Globalization; Journal of Comparative Law in Africa; African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ); Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa; and Journal of Politics and Law; and in other top law journals in Ghana.
He was voted the best Lecturer by Law Students Union in 2022/2023 academic Year. He has led and co-led the development and redesign of teaching curriculums and materials for Jurisprudence; Law & Society; Conflict of Laws; the Law of Torts in Ghana; Constitutional Law; Research Methodology and Proposal Writing; Human Rights Context in Oil and Gas; and Social, Economic and Cultural Rights. He is the supervisor and committee member of some of the University of Ghana School of Law Ph.D students, especially those in the area of Public Law. He has supervised over 40 long papers of LL.M graduates, some of whom have progressed into the Ph.D. programme mounted in this University. Prof. Atupare has chaired and been a member of many critical boards and committees at the national level, in University of Ghana, and University of Cape Coast. These include the University of Ghana’s Disciplinary Committee for Senior and Junior Staff.
CREDENTIALS
- BL Ghana School of Law, 2013
- PhD (Law) Faculty of Law, Queen’s University [Canada], 2011
- LL. M. (Thesis Option) Faculty of Law, Queen’s University [Canada], 2008
- M. A. (Comparative Politics), Brock University, 2007
- L.L.B. (Hons. 2nd Upper Class Div.), University of Ghana, 2006
- B.A. (First Class Honours, Political Science), University of Ghana, 2003
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
- Criminal Law
- Constitutional Law
- Administrative Law
- Human Rights
- Private International Law
- Law of Torts
- Jurisprudence and Legal Ethics
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
BOOKS
1. Atupare, P.A., & Quarshigah, E.K., (2020) (ed.), As a Matter of Public Law and Rights in Ghana (Durban: LexiNexis Butterworths) (403 pages).
2. Atupare, P.A., (2015), “Case Briefs: The Law of Torts in Ghana.” Volume 1(Accra: Letters and Marks Publishing and Printing) (577 pages)
3. Atupare, P.A., (2015), “Case Briefs: The Law of Torts in Ghana.” Volume 2 (Accra: Letters and Marks Publishing and Printing) (724 pages)
4. Atupare, P.A., (2013), “Constitutional Justice in Africa: An Examination of Constitutional Positivism, Fundamental Law and Rights in Ghana and Nigeria.” (Durban: LexiNexis Butterworths,) (266 pages)
JOURNAL ARTICLES AND BOOK CHAPTERS
5. Atupare, P.A., (2022), “The Synthesis of Law, Judicial Duty and Enforcement of Rights in Africa” 10(1) International Journal of Human Rights and Constitutional Studies” pp. 70-98
6. Atupare, P.A., (2022), “Consolidating an Integrated Rights Approach: Socio-Economic Constitutional Justice in Africa” 9(4) International Journal of Public Law and Policy” pp. 385-417
7. Atupare, P.A., (2022). “The Integrity of Socio-Economic Rights in a Public Law Rights Theory in Africa” 9 KNUST Law Journal, pp. 55
8. Atupare, P.A., (2022) “The Moral Resources of Constitutions in Africa and the Three Problems to Interpretation, 120 Journal of Law, Policy and Globalisation” pp.139-153
9. Atupare, P.A., (2022) “National Courts and Human Rights Interpretative Methodology in Africa” 2 UPSA African International and Comparative Law Journal, pp.33-56
10. Atupare, P.A., (2022). “Critical Reflections on the Justiciability of the Right to Education in Ghana.” With Korankye-Sackyi Francis K., and Faakye Solomon, 22 African Human Rights Law Journal (AHRLJ) pp.161-186
11. Atupare, P.A., (2022). “Domestication of International Law on the Environment and Climate Change in Ghana: Challenges and Prospects” with Korankye-Sakyi, F.K., and & Yin, T.E., in Maame Effua Addadzi-Koom et al, Democratic Governance, Law, and Development in Africa: Pragmatism, Experiments, and Prospects (Springer) pp.609-636
12. Atupare, P.A., (2022). “Legal Pluralism, Gender Justice and the Right to Food in Agrarian Ghana?”, with Getrude Dzifa in Joanna Bourke-Martignoni, et al, Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food: Insights from Ghana and Cambodia (Routledge) pp.188-203
13. Atupare, P.A., (2022). “The Constitution, Courts and Right to Food in Ghana.” in Joanna Bourke-Martignoni, et al, Agricultural Commercialization, Gender Equality and the Right to Food: Insights from Ghana and Cambodia(Routledge)pp.223-240
14. Atupare, P.A., (2021). “A Fundamental Law of Reason’ and the Constitutional Law of Elections in Africa”. 8 Journal of Comparative Law in Africa, pp.1-43 (43 pages)
15. Atupare, P.A., (2021). “Prisoners Access to Justice: Family Support, Prison Legal Education, and Court Proceedings.” With Yin Elijah T., Korankye-Sackyi Francis K., 14.4. Journal of Politics and Law pp.113-125(13 pages)
16. Atupare, P.A., (2021). “Waste Management Practices as Local Order: Attitudes and Perceptions of Residents in Ashaiman, Ghana.” With & Elijah T. Yin, Nelson Kofie 23.2 Journal of Sustainable Development in Africa pp.1-23 (23 pages)
17. Atupare, P.A., (2021), “Licensed to Kill? Contextualising Medical Misconduct, Malpractice and the Law in Ghana.” With & Joel Tetteh Zutah, Elijah Tukwariba Yin, and Francis Kofi Korankye-Sakyi, University of Cape Coast Law Journal pp.49-118 (69 pages)
18. Atupare, P.A., (2021). “Rights and Religious Belief in Maintaining Prison Social Order.” With & Elijah Tukwriba Yin, Nelson Kofie, Linda Peasah Owusu and Thomas Prehi Botchway, University of Cape Coast Law Journal, pp.1-16 (16 pages)
19. Atupare, P.A., (2020). “Judicial Independence and the Authority of Law in Ghana.” in C. Dowuona-Hammond et al, Mobilizing the Law for Ghana’s future: Appraising to Revolutionize. (Wildy, Simmonds & Hill Publishing Ltd). pp.100-130 (30 pages)
20. Atupare, P.A., (2020). “Freedom of Expression under the Ghanaian Legal System.” in Atupare A. Peter & Kofi Quarshigah, As a Matter of Public Law and Rights in Ghana (Durban: LexiNexis Butterworths) pp.125-146 (21 pages)
21. Atupare, P.A., (2020). “Fair Hearing and Administrative Justice as a Fundamental Right.” in Ghana in Atupare A. Peter & Kofi Quarshigah, As a Matter of Public Law and Rights in Ghana (Durban: LexiNexis Butterworths,). pp.147-159 (12 pages)
22. Atupare, P.A., (2019). “The Theories of Structural Conception of Human Rights in Ghana.” in Francisca Kubi-Appiah, Ghana @ 60: Evolution of the Law, Democratic Governance, Human Rights and Future Prospects(Galda Verlag,) pp.11-44 (33 pages)
23. Atupare, P.A., (2016). “Ghana’s Hybrid Constitutional Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.” in Danwood Chirwa & Lilian Chenwi etd, The Protection of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Africa: International, Regional and National Perspectives (Cambridge University Press,) pp.476-500 (24 pages)
24. Atupare, P.A., (2015). “The Whips of Jurisprudence: The Unwritten “Fundamental Law”, Constitutional Interpretation and Judicial Duty in Ghana, 1 GIMPA Law Review pp.4-43 (39 pages)
25. Atupare, P.A., (2014). “Sarbah on Legal Pluralism in the Gold Coast: Some Insights for Ghana’s Current Legal System?” XXV University of Ghana Law Journal pp.100-124 (24 pages)
26. Atupare, P.A., (2014). “Reconciling a Fundamental Law of Reason with Socio-Economic Rights and Directive Principles in Ghana and Nigeria” 27 Harvard Human Rights Journal pp.71-106 (35 pages)
27. Atupare, P.A., (2013). “Courts, Constitution and Interpretation in Africa: A Focused Inquiry into Comparative Constitutional Interpretation in Ghana and Nigeria”. Malawi Law Journal pp.57-94 (37 pages)
28. Atupare, P.A., (2013). “Taxonomy of Transitional Justice in Africa: A Refection on the Theoretical Trajectories of Truth Commissions and International Criminal Courts.” XXV University of Ghana Law Journal pp.1-65 (65 pages)
29. Atupare, P.A., (2011). “Legitimacy, Judicial Review and Human Rights Enforcement in Ghana.” XXIII University of Ghana Law Journal pp.228-310 ( 82 pages)
30. Atupare, P.A., (2006-2010) “Courts, Constitution and Interpretation in Africa: A Focused Inquiry into Comparative Constitutional Interpretation in Ghana and Nigeria” XXII Review of Ghana Law pp.97-134 ( 37 pages)
31. Atupare, P.A., (2009). “Colonial-Postcolonial Antecedent of Minority Rights Issues in Africa.” With & Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua, Contemporary Issues in Law and Economics II (Law Faculty Osijek; University Strossmayer, Croatia) pp.9-32 (23 pages)
32. Atupare, P.A., (2008). “The Pillars and Kernel of Independence of National Human Rights Institutions: A Comparative Analysis of Canada, Ghana and South Africa Human Rights Commissions.” 1 Inquiry & Insight: The Waterloo Journal of Political Science pp.1-24 (24 pages)
33. Atupare, P.A., (2007). “Colonialism to Globalization: The Human Rights and Democratic Deficits in Western Development Policies in Africa.” With & Kwadwo Appiagyei-Atua & J. Bentil, Contemporary Issues in Law and Economics I (Law Faculty Osijek; University Strossmayer, Croatia,)
PUBLISHED TECHNICAL PAPERS
34. Atupare, P.A., (2020), “Agriculture and Land Commercialization: Do They Foster Gender Equality and the Right to Food?” with Daniel Adu-Ankrah et al, DEMETER 2/2020 Research Brief. The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies.pp.1-7 (7 pages)
35. Atupare, P.A.,(2019). “Transfer Pricing (TP) Rules, Procedures, and Documentations: A perspective on Ghana.” With Martin Kpebu, R4D-IFF Working Paper Series, R4D-IFF-WP05-2019.
36. Atupare, P.A., (2015). “Public Opinion on the Death Penalty in Ghana. With Justice, T., and Boakye, K.E (Accra: Centre for Criminology and Criminal Justice) pp.1-69 (69 pages)
37. Atupare, P.A., (2018), “Sentencing and Criminal Justice System in Ghana.” With Justice Tankebe and Sulemana Anamzoya, UG-ORID, pp.1-39 (39 pages)
38. Atupare, P.A., (2013), “Critical Examination of the Government White Paper on the Constitution Review Commission Report” (Accra, Institute of Democratic Governance).