Download or read book Political Institutions of West Africa written by J. H. Price and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-18 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, originally published in 1967 looks at political institutions in Nigeria, Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Gambia a the time of the establishment of alien rule and goes on to discuss in detail constitutional developments from 1919 to the late 20th Century, paying particular attention to the constitutional arrangements of the Commonwealth West African countries after Independence. Aspects such as the judiciary and the enforcement of law and order, the public services and finance, are discussed in separate chapters. The book ends with a survey of the varying patterns of local government in English-speaking West Africa.