Constitutional provisions are not handed down from above. They are political settlements, forged under particular historical pressures by people responding to the anxieties of their moment. The framers of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution were not writing for eternity. Constitutional provisions are not handed down from above. They are political settlements, forged under particular historical pressures by people responding to the anxieties of their moment. The framers of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution were not writing fo... [11982 chars]