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Indiana Law Journal Volume 42 | Issue 2 Article 6 inter 1967 Law and Social Change in Ghana, by William Burnett Harvey Paul O. Proehl University of C alif ornia Los Ange le Follow this and additional works at : /ilj Part of the Comparative and Foreign Law Commons Recommended Citation Proehl, Paul O. (1967) Law and Social Change in Ghana, by illiam Burnett Harvey, Indiana Law Journal: Vol. 42: Iss. 2, Article 6. Available at : /ilj/vol42/iss2/6 This Book Review is brought to you for free and open access by the Law School Journals at Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. It has been accepted for inclusion in Indiana Law Journal by an authorized administrator of Digital Repository @ Maurer Law. For more information, please contact wattn@. LAW AND SOCIAL CHANGE IN GHANA. By William Burnett Harvey. Princeton: Princeton University Press. 1966. Pp. 453. $10.00. Shortly after Nkrumah was toppled, Erskine Childers interviewed Col. Nasser for The Guardianand reported him as saying of Nkrumah, You know, when he came here on the way to Peking, Nkrumah said he wanted to talk about Vietnam. I said no, please let us talk about Ghana- because we have had many bad reports of the situation. But it was no use; he did not seem worried at all. And, Childers reports, Nasser raised his hands slightly in a gesture, not of indifference, but of regret. 1 The reactions abroad to the Ghanaian coup of February 24, 1966, varied widely, according to the political philosophies prevailing. In East- ern, or socialist countries, it took a more virulent form