1954 Constitution

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The 1954 Constitution was a key constitutional framework that advanced internal self-government in the British Gold Coast and paved the way toward Ghana’s eventual independence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Constitution ⓘ
Legal document ⓘ
appliesToTerritory British Gold Coast ⓘ
colonialPower United Kingdom ⓘ
country Gold Coast ⓘ
dateEnacted 1954 ⓘ
followedBy 1957 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
granted Increased internal self-government to the Gold Coast ⓘ
historicalSignificance Marked a major step in decolonization of the Gold Coast ⓘ
Paved the way for Ghana’s independence ⓘ
influenced Structure of early post-independence governance in Ghana ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus Superseded ⓘ
legalSystem Common law tradition ⓘ
partOf Constitutional evolution of the Gold Coast ⓘ
politicalContext Late British colonial rule in West Africa ⓘ
precedes 1957 Constitution of Ghana ⓘ
Independence of Ghana ⓘ
purpose Advance internal self-government in the Gold Coast ⓘ
Provide constitutional framework for self-rule ⓘ
region West Africa ⓘ
relatedToEvent Process leading to Ghana’s independence in 1957 ⓘ
subjectOf Research on decolonization and self-government ⓘ
Studies in African constitutional history ⓘ
typeOfChange Constitutional reform under colonial rule ⓘ

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