In the case of Sallah v Attorney General 2 G & G 493, Sowah J. stated that he was not going

to derive much assistance from foreign theories. He went on to impugn the validity of

Kelsen’s analysis by saying that:

“One is entitled to ask whether theories propounded by the great jurists ranging from the

time of Plato, Marx on to Hans Kelsen are immutable and of general application and whether

those theories must necessarily fit into legal scheme of every country and every age? I do

not think so.”

With the aid of decided cases, legal authorities and in light of Hans Kelsen’s Pure Theory of

Law, discuss the legal effect of coups d’etats on the legal order and structure of a State.