Property law in Ghana
Property law in Ghana is the area of formal and informal law that governs how citizens can acquire, register, and maintain property. Property in this instance pertains to physical land and its resources. Property can be bought and acquired following statutory or customary laws. Eighty percent of land in Ghana is owned through customary law and the remaining twenty percent is bought and sold through a formal statutory measures. Property rights in Ghana have evolved from its pre-colonial, colonial, and post-colonial forms to encompass a blend between customary and statutory property laws. Ghana's current property rights system is governed by the Land Bill of 2016 and several regional customary policies. History During the colonial era, the British ruled the Gold Coast (which is now considered modern day Ghana) through indirect rule. Under such a system, the chiefs upheld customary law, but did not have resources or power to uphold decisions if they faced opposition from their people, which made chiefs reliant on the British to help enforce their rulings. The chiefs also served as political advisors to the British for policy making in the region, but had no concrete power in the policy production process. This aspect of indirect rule