Shalabi v. Attorney-General

Abstract

States as international persons — Succession of governments — In general — Overthrow of government — Proclamation of interim government — Powers of interim government — Whether including power to deprive persons of their nationality — The law of GhanaThe individual in international law — Nationality — Loss of nationality — Plaintiffs acquiring nationality under 1967 decree — Decree of 1969 purporting retrospectively to amend 1967 decree — Whether plaintiffs deprived of their citizenship — Powers of revolutionary government — Interim nature of regime — Doctrine of parliamentary sovereignty — The law of Ghana