Anselmus Kludze

Anselmus Kodzo Paaku Kludze (1934 – 5 October 2013) was a Ghanaian lawyer, author and academic who served as a judge for the Supreme Court of Ghana and was also a professor. He was an Emeritus Professor of law at Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, United States, a chairman of the Law Reform Commission of Ghana, a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London.

Early life and education Kludze was born in 1934 to Stephen Komla Kludze. He hailed from Gbi-Kpeme, Hohoe in the Volta Region of Ghana. His father died at early age while he was studying at Adisadel College, Cape Coast 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 where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963. He continued at the Ghana School of Law where he qualified as a barrister in 1965. and taught at the Ghana School of Law while a visiting professor at the Temple University School of Law. He served in that capacity until his retirement on 12 March 2004. Kludze is also the father of Maabo Kludze, a New York-based clinical pharmacist and senior director at a healthcare company; Norde Kludze, a Pennsylvania-based lawyer and founder of Kludze and Associates; and Attor Kludze, a Maryland-based senior private banker.

Publications Ewe Law of Property (1973) London: Sweet and Maxwell