Anselmus Kodzo Paaku Kludze (1934 – 5 October 2013) was a

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lawyer, author and academic who served as a judge for the

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and was also a professor. He was an Emeritus Professor of law at

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, a chairman of the Law Reform Commission of Ghana, a Fellow of the

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and a fellow of the

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Early life and education

Kludze was born in 1934 to Stephen Komla Kludze. He hailed from Gbi-Kpeme,

Hohoe Hohoe Municipal is one of the 25 administrative districts of the Volta Region of Ghana. It was carved out of the former Kpando District. It was established by the Legislative Instrument (L.I. 2072) of 2012. The Municipality has a total land ar ...

in the

Volta Region Volta Region (or Volta) is one of Ghana's sixteen administrative regions, with Ho designated as its capital. It is located west of Republic of Togo and to the east of Lake Volta. Divided into 25 administrative districts, the region is multi-et ...

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. His father died at early age while he was studying at Adisadel College,

Cape Coast Cape Coast is a city, fishing port, and the capital of Cape Coast Metropolitan District and Central Region of Ghana. It is one of the country's most historic cities, a World Heritage Site, home to the Cape Coast Castle, with the Gulf of Guinea ...

on a government scholarship, his uncle, Anku Kludze however supported him financially to complete his secondary education. After his secondary education, he entered the

University of Ghana The University of Ghana is a public university located in Accra, Ghana. It the oldest and largest of the thirteen Ghanaian national public universities. The university was founded in 1948 as the University College of the Gold Coast in the Br ...

where he obtained his

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degree in 1963. He continued at the

Ghana School of Law The Ghana School of Law (GSL) is an educational institution in Ghana for training lawyers. The school is the only one that provides training for law graduates in the Barrister at Law program. The Professional Law Course is designed for Law Gradu ...

where he qualified as a barrister in 1965. He proceeded to the

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for further studies in law and was awarded his doctorate degree in 1969. In 2002, he earned a Higher Doctorate degree of LL.D. for his scholarship from the

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Career

Academic

Kludze joined the Law Faculty as a senior lecturer at the

and taught at the Ghana School of Law while a visiting professor at the

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. He was also a professor of law and dean of the Faculty of Law at the

University of Calabar The University of Calabar is a public university, public List of universities in Nigeria, university situated in Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria. It is one of Nigeria's second generation federal universities. The University of Calabar was a ...

Nigeria Nigeria ( ), , ig, Naìjíríyà, yo, Nàìjíríà, pcm, Naijá , ff, Naajeeriya, kcg, Naijeriya officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf o ...

. Prior to entering academia, he was a barrister-at-law and solicitor of the

Justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana

Kludze was appointed a justice of the

by the then president of Ghana,

John Kufuor John Kofi Agyekum Kufuor (born 8 December 1938) is a Ghanaian politician who served as the President of Ghana from 7 January 2001 to 7 January 2009. He was also Chairperson of the African Union from 2007 to 2008. Kufuor's career has been sp ...

on 21 May 2003. He served in that capacity until his retirement on 12 March 2004.

Personal life

He is the father of

Ave Kludze Ave K. P. Kludze Jr. is a Ghanaian American aerospace engineer and civil servant, specializing in complex systems engineering and design. He is a senior NASA Spacecraft Systems Engineer. Life Kludze was born in Hohoe, in the Volta Region of G ...

, a rocket scientist with the

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(NASA).

Publications

* ''Ewe Law of Property'' (1973) London:

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References

External links

NASA rocket scientist loses illustrious father
2013 deaths Justices of the Supreme Court of Ghana Ewe people Academic staff of Ghana School of Law 1934 births Fellows of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences {{Ghana-bio-stub