The Ownerless Lands of Ghana

A DOCTRINE, which appears so far to have been unquestioned, is that in Ghana there is no land without an owner. Its implication seems to be that for e\'ery piece of land in the country it is possible to identify an owner. While this 'doctrine may serve some purposes of convenience and may also usefully be called in aid in the resolution of otherwise intractable land disputes, it is the pr…