Otumfo Ntamkese In Alternate Dispute Resolution

OTUMFUO NTAMKESE IN ALTERNATE DISPUTE RESOLUTION When the Great Oath is sworn, a dispute is no longer ordinary. In Asanteman, Otumfuo Ntamkesee is more than a sacred utterance. It embodies authority, summons, warning, jurisdiction, and finality. For generations, it has served as one of the most solemn institutions of Asante customary law, compelling parties to submit to the authority of the Golden Stool. In this book, Dr Thomas Agyarko-Poku examines the Great Oath of Otumfuo as a distinctive customary mechanism for dispute resolution. Exploring its historical foundations, legal character, procedural operation and continuing relevance, he asks whether it can be understood within Ghana's modern framework of Alternative Dispute Resolution and whether its outcomes from its invocation possess binding legal effect. Drawing on Asante history, customary law, constitutional Principles, judicial reasoning, and the lived authority of the Golden Stool, the author explores one of the most profound questions in Ghanaian legal pluralism: How should the modern state understand indigenous systems of justice that predate it, yet continue to operate with dignity, order, and force? Scholarly, thought-provoking, and deeply rooted in Asante tradition, Otumfuo Ntamkesee in Alternative Dispute Resolution is a landmark contribution to the study of customary justice, compulsory jurisdiction, and legal finality in Ghana.