Dr Alex Amankwah

Dr H Alex Amankwah was a Fulbright Scholar to Cornell Law School in 1967 and Fuschberg Scholar to New York University School of Law in 1976. He taught at the University of Science and Technology in Ghana and the University of Zambia. He was the Foundation Head of Department of Private and Business Law at the University of Ibadan which he helped establish. He was also the Dean of Law at the University of Papua New Guinea, before taking up a position as Deputy Dean of Law at James Cook University. Dr Amankwah has come out of retirement to take up a position as Adjunct Professor at UniSA.

Membership of Professional Bodies:

Ghana Writers Association, Ghana Bar Association, American Association of International Law, Australiasian Law Teachers Association, African Association of International & Comparative Law, The Australian Institute of International Affairs Inc., The African Law Institute, Ottawa, Canada.

1978: Doctor of Juridical Science, New York University

1969: Master of Laws, Cornell University

1966: Bachelor of Laws, University of Ghana

1964: Bachelor of Arts, University of Ghana

2006: Certificate in Advanced Mediation, James Cook University

2003: Certificate in Alternative Dispute Resolution, James Cook University

Land Law and Use in West Africa (Commissioned by Routledge – Cavendish Publishing Co UK) – (in press)

Commercial and Business Associations Law in Papua New Guinea, Cavendish Publishing Ltd (2007) pp xlvi + 734

Cases and Materials on Papua New Guinea Land Law and Policy, 2nd ed. (with J Mugambwa) London Cavendish Publishing Co pp xlix + 522

Papua New Guinea Land Law (Sydney: Law Book Information Services (2000) with J Mugambwa and G Muroa pp xxxiv + 234

Cases and Materials on Papua New Guinea Land Law and Policy, (with J Mugambwa) Hobart: Pacific Law Press, (1996), pp. xxiv + 500.

The Legal Regime of Land Use Control in West Africa, Hobart: Pacific Law Press, (1989) pp. xxiv + 154.

Introduction to the Law of Business Association in Papua New Guinea, (with Kimuli and Mugambwa) Hobart, Tasmania: Pacific Law Press, (1989) pp. xii + 172.

‘Traditional Values and Modern Challenges in Property Law’ (2007) 11(1) Journal of South Pacific Law pp 18- 38

‘Nationhood and Legal Pluralism in developing Nations: A New Appraisal of the Papua New Guinea Case’ with J Rivers (2003) 10 James Cook University Law Review pp 85-115

‘Native Title, Crown Property and Resources: Post-Mabo Judicial Interpretations’ (2002) 9 JCU LR (Special Issue) pp 110-226 (with U Secher)

Editorial Note: ‘Balancing the Radical Equation: The Affirmative Action Doctrine Revisited - Grutter v Bollinger’ Supreme Court June 23 (2003) 10 James Cook University Law Review 4-6

Editorial Note ‘The Ugly Phases of Prejudice’ (2001) 8 James Cook University Law Review 117-120

Editorial Note: 'Has Self-Determination Occurred in Hong Kong?' (1999) 6 JCU LR 169-171.

‘Self-determination Asia-pacific Style: Alien Domination and Freedom’s Tortuous Path Revisited.” (1998) 5 James Cook University Law Review, pp. 113-158

‘Is the Limit of the Equitable Doctrine of Fiduciary Liability Determinable? Mabo and the Fiduciary Duty Principle in a Non-Western Common Law Jurisdiction’, (1996) 3 James Cook University Law Review, pp. 102-115.

‘Mabo: Australian Aboriginal Native Land Title in Two Syllables’, (1995) 19 University of Ghana Law Journal, (with P. Poynton), pp. 145-180.

‘Post Mabo: The Prospect of a Regime of Customary (Indigenous) Law in Australia’, (1994) 18 University of Queensland Law Journal, pp. 15-37.

‘The Ombudsman Commission of PNG: A New Hybrid’ (1990) 18 Melanesian Law Journal pp. 74-99 (with K.I Omar)

‘Fundamental Human Rights: Roots, Fruits, Myths and Realities’, (1989) 17 Melanesian Law Journal, pp. 43-59.

‘Constitutions and Bill of Rights in Third World Nations: Issues of Form and Content’, (1989) 12 Adelaide Law Review, pp. 1-22.

‘Eminent Domain and Land Use in West Africa and Papua New Guinea: The Political and Social Implication’, (1988) 16 Melanesian Law Journal, pp. 52-74.

‘The Dikko Affair and Asylum in International Law’, (1985) 15 University of Ghana Law Journal, pp. 64-85.

‘The Alien and Fundamental Rights with Special Reference to Freedom of Movement’, (1984) 14 Zambia Law Journal, pp. 1-31.

‘Insurance Regulation and Governmental Policy in Africa’, (1982) 9 Zambian Journal of Contemporary Problems, pp. 1-20.

‘International Law, Dispute Settlement and Regional Organisations in the African Setting’, (1981) 21 Indian Journal of International Law, pp. 352-386.

‘Self-Determination in the Spanish Sahara: A Credibility Gap in the United Nations' Decolonisation Process’, (1981) 14 Comparative & International Law Journal of Southern Africa, pp. 34-55.

‘International Law and the Doctrine of the Reserved Domain of States: An Unruly Horse’, (1970) 7 University of Ghana Law Journal, pp. 125-141.

‘Ghanaian Law: Its Evolution and Interaction with English Law’, (1970) 4 Cornell International Law Journal, pp. 37-57.

Halsbury’s Laws of Australia (Butterworths): Volume 22 Real Property (2008) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders – Land Grants (in press) (2000) Subtitle: Horizontal Subdivisions including Strata Title (1999) Subtitle: Creation and Acquisition of Interests in Land (with J Mugambwa)

Laws of Australia Project (Law Book Company): Volume 28 Real Property (2007) Subtitle 28.4: Torrens System: Principles and Procedures (2000) Subtitle 28.5: Future Interests (1997) Subtitle 28.16: Possession in Real Property Law (with J Mugambwa)

IK Omar, Rights, Emergencies and Judicial Review The Hague, Netherlands: Kluwer International pp 395 + xiv (1999) (2003) 10 James Cook University Law Review 167-173

CP Tashjian, Business Organisations in Papua New Guinea, The Law Book Co. Ltd, Sydney, (1989), pp. 282; (1989) 17 Melanesian Law Journal, p.153

Henry Reynolds, The Law of the Land, Penguin Books (1988) 11 Adelaide Law Review, pp. 488- 489;

Ola. C.S., Nigerian Income Tax Law and Practice, Ibadan: Macmillan Publishers (1985) 5 Research Development Journal, (1988) pp. 278-279.

Welch and Meltzer, Human Rights and Development in Africa, New York State University Press (1984), (1987) 15 Melanesian Law Journal, pp. 179-180.

B.M. Edsman, Lawyers in Gold Coast Politics 1900 -1945: From Mensah Sarbah to J.B. Danquah, Sweden: University of Uppsala (1979) pp269 12 African Social Research (Institute of African Studies) University of Zambia, Lusaka (1982), pp. 106-108.

‘Judicial legislation: A New Phase? John Pfeiffer Pty Ltd v Rogerson’ [2000] HCA 36 (2000) 7 JCU LR 254-258

‘Common Law Liability for Pollution Damage: The Cambridge Water Company Case’ (1994) 24 Qld Law Society Journal, pp 473-475

‘Mabo and International Law’, Aboriginal Australia: Land, Law and Culture, Special Issue of Race & Class, A Journal for Black and Third World Liberation (UK), (1994) Vol. 35, No 4, pp. 57-63

‘Mabo: Extinguishment of Native Title and Pastoral Leases Revisited’, (1993) 3 Aboriginal Law Bulletin, No. 63, pp. 13-14

‘Human Rights in the Superior Courts of PNG’, in Legal Issues in a Developing Society, Port Moresby, Faculty of Law UPNG (1992) pp. 170-182

Statute Note: ‘Reforming Customary Land Tenure Law: The East Sepik Land Act and Customary Land Registration Act 1987', (1990) 18 Melanesian Law Journal, pp. 109- 110

‘The Influence of the Constitution and the Supreme Court of the United States on the Constitution and Law of Papua New Guinea’, Journal of Papua New Guinea Law Society, (with J.A. Regan), Dec 1989, pp. 11-28.

Case Note: ‘Delivery and Passage of Risk in Sale of Goods: Akilo Purono v. Nixon Koi’, (1988) 16 Melanesian Law Journal, pp 162-164

‘Traditional and Customary Land Tenure and Appurtenant Rights: Reflections on Critical Factors of an Ecologically Sustainable Australian Outback’ in Sustainable Resource Use: Institutional Dynamics and Economics A Smajgl and S Larson (eds) London & Sterling VA: Earthscan (2007) 71-95

Proceedings of the 59th ALTA Conference, Darwin, Australia – Paper: “The Emerging Relevance of Traditional Knowledge in relation to Scientific Exploration of Resources” 2004.

Proceedings of the 58th ALTA Conference, Port Vila, University of the South Pacific Press “Nationhood, Ethnicity and Self-determination in the New Pacific Island States”, 2002

‘The Need to Amend the Native Title Act’ 1993 (C'th) Proceedings of the 50th ALTA Conference Melbourne, La Trobe University Press, 1995 pp 1-19

‘Political Tradition and Its Effect on Liberty: An African Case’, Proceedings of the First Annual Conference of the African Association of International and Comparative Law (1989) pp. 147-170.

‘Legal Education in Nigeria: A Projection into the 21st Century’, (with Ipaye and Oke), Proceedings of the 24th Annual Conference of the Nigerian Law Teachers Association, April 1986. pp. 226-240.

‘Land Law and Agricultural Development in Zambia’ (with Mvunga), U.N. University Technical Services Series, (1984) pp. 119-126.

‘Human Rights, Customary Law and Traditional Practices in Melanesia: A Legal Paradigm of Peaceful Co-Existence or Conflict?’ to staff and students, Faculty of Law, Business and The Creative Arts, James Cook University, Townsville.

‘Legal Pluralism: The Status of Aboriginal Customary Law in the Australian Legal System’ to staff and students of the Department of Law, James Cook University, Townsville.

‘Judicial Method and the Public Interest in Negligence and Nuisance: A Critique of the Methodology of Lord Denning’, to staff and students of the Department of Law, James Cook University, Townsville.