Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom

Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom

19 Publications13 Research Themes10 Open Access
Research Overview & Focus

The researcher has conducted extensive research on multiple themes intersecting with African societies, focusing on electoral politics, human rights, violence against women, criminal law, and legal frameworks. Their work explores how governance structures influence societal stability, rights protection, and the impact of legal systems on domestic violence and public health issues, while examining the intersection of AI in law with contemporary societal challenges.

Faculty Biography

Maame Efua Addadzi-Koom holds an LLB from KNUST, an LLM in International Law and Justice from Fordham University School of Law, USA, and a Ph.D. from the University of Cape Town, South Africa. She has been called to the Ghana bar. She has published and made conference presentations in International law and human rights, constitutional law, women, gender and the law, and law, technology and development.

Key Research Themes (13)
Social Sciences

Artificial Intelligence in Law

Social Sciences

Criminal Law and Evidence

Social Sciences

Global Security and Public Health

Social Sciences

Human Rights and Development

Social Sciences

Indonesian Election Politics and Participation

Social Sciences

Judicial and Constitutional Studies

Social Sciences

Legal and Constitutional Studies

Social Sciences

Legal Issues in South Africa

Social Sciences

Media Studies and Communication

Social Sciences

Political Conflict and Governance

Social Sciences

Sexuality, Behavior, and Technology

Social Sciences

Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Social Sciences

Workplace Violence and Bullying

Publications (19)

Of Vacant Parliamentary Seats, Party Politics and Supreme Court Orders in Ghana: A Constitutional Analysis

2025Judicial and Constitutional StudiesDOI: 10.3366/ajicl.2025.0537

REDEFINING WORKPLACE SEXUAL HARASSMENT IN GHANA

Open Access
2025Workplace Violence and BullyingDOI: 10.47963/ucclj.v4i2.1721

“You deserve mob justice too”: Discursive justifications of mob (In)Justice on social media in Africa

2024Media Studies and CommunicationDOI: 10.1016/j.ijlcj.2024.100697

Breathing Life into the Kampala Convention: Towards Workable Enforcement Mechanisms

Open Access
2023Legal Issues in South AfricaDOI: 10.1017/s0021855323000219

Legislative violence in Ghana: a threat to democracy?

2022Political Conflict and GovernanceDOI: 10.1080/13572334.2022.2145045

A survey on e-learning experiences of law students during Covid-19 in Ghana

2022Artificial Intelligence in LawDOI: 10.1080/03069400.2022.2077517

The Fourth Republic and 1992 Constitution of Ghana: Grounding Democracy, Rule of Law and Development

2022Human Rights and DevelopmentDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15397-6_1

Reflections on Public Interest Constitutional Litigation of the Government of Ghana’s Economic Transactions with Private Parties

2022Legal Issues in South AfricaDOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-15397-6_3

Medico-legal and ethical issues of necrophilia: A Ghanaian perspective

Open Access
2021Global Security and Public HealthDOI: 10.47963/ucclj.v1i2.414

Revenge pornography as a form of sexual and gender-based violence in Ghana

Open Access
2021Sexuality, Behavior, and TechnologyDOI: 10.4324/9780429327865-9

Women at the bench: Does it make a difference?

Open Access
2021Legal Issues in South AfricaDOI: 10.35295/osls.iisl/0000-0000-0000-1175

“No Jab, No Entry”: A Constitutional and Human Rights Perspective on Vaccine Mandates in Ghana

Open Access
2020Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy

Of the Women’s Rights Jurisprudence of the ECOWAS Court: The Role of the Maputo Protocol and the Due Diligence Standard

2020Human Rights and DevelopmentDOI: 10.1007/s10691-020-09432-4

Quasi-state of emergency: assessing the constitutionality of Ghana’s legislative response to Covid-19

2020Indonesian Election Politics and ParticipationDOI: 10.1080/20508840.2020.1777648

‘He Beat Me, and the State Did Nothing About It’: An African Perspective on the Due Diligence Standard and State Responsibility for Domestic Violence in International Law

Open Access
2019Human Rights and Development

'He beat me, and the state did nothing about it': An African perspective on the due diligence standard and state responsibility for domestic violence in international law

Open Access
2019Human Rights and DevelopmentDOI: 10.17159/1996-2096/2019/v19n2a4

To Admit or Not to Admit: A Comparative Constitutional Perspective on Illegally Obtained Evidence in Ghana

Open Access
2017Criminal Law and Evidence

To admit or not to admit: a comparative constitutional perspective on illegally obtained evidence in Ghana

2016Criminal Law and EvidenceDOI: 10.1080/03050718.2017.1291357

Separation of Powers Under Ghana's Constitutional Order Since Independence: A Comparative Study of the Concept Under the 1979 and 1992 Constitution

Open Access
2015Legal and Constitutional Studies
Academic Metrics
DepartmentDepartment of Public Law
Total Publications19
Research Themes13
Open Access Papers10

Department of Public Law

Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

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