Made available in DSpace on 2016-08-29T15:33:11Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 tese_3336_.pdf: 1706812 bytes, checksum: 0e20b14431a3c7991d5dea936b8b6193 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-08-21 / A tecnologia da informação (TI) vem se tornando essencial para as organizações. Nesse contexto, o gerenciamento de TI, vem evoluindo para incluir gerenciamento de serviços e governança de TI, apontando para paradigmas de gerenciamento de TI orientado ao negócio. Dessa forma, o alinhamento entre a TI e o negócio tem sido considerado como um dos fatores preponderantes para a efetividade de tais paradigmas. Em adicional, são mencionadas as contribuições provenientes da automação das atividades de gerenciamento.Acompanhando essa evolução, o gerenciamento de configuração desempenha um papel fundamental, fornecendo informações precisas da TI a todos os envolvidos no gerenciamento. Todavia, em função desse estreito relacionamento com todos os agentes envolvidos no gerenciamento, a interoperabilidade entre esses agentes tem sido caracterizada como um dos principais desafios de pesquisa em gerenciamento de redes e serviços.Nesse sentido, o uso de ontologias, em especial, ontologias fundacionais, tem sido indicado como uma maneira promissora de se obter interoperabilidade semântica no domínio de gerenciamento de configuração, uma vez que elas expressam o significado dos conceitos do domínio, bem como os relacionamentos existentes entre eles, de forma clara e explícita. Além disso, ontologias permitem que esse significado seja definido em um formato legível por máquinas, tornando o conhecimento compartilhado por humanos e também por sistemas computacionais, permitindo a automação de processos.Assim, este trabalho apresenta uma proposta de modelagem conceitual do domínio de gerenciamento de configuração, no contexto do gerenciamento de serviços e governança de TI, baseada em ontologias fundacionais. O propósito dessa ontologia é prover um modelo conceitual desse domínio, comprometido em maximizar a expressividade, a clareza e a veracidade dos conceitos pertencentes a ele. Ademais, este trabalho apresenta uma proposta de modelo de implementação, derivado do modelo conceitual desenvolvido. O objetivo é realizar uma prova de conceito da ontologia e também demonstrar como essa ontologia pode apoiar as atividades de gerenciamento de maneira automatizada.

The theme running through this dissertation is intended to prove that the Supreme Court has a role to play in the promotion, enforcement and sustenance of a proper democratic system of government, good governance and fundamental human rights and freedoms in Ghana. The Study would therefore address the role of the Supreme Court in the development of Constitutional Law in Ghana, with particular emphasis on the court's contribution to the underlying concepts of the Fourth Republican Constitution of 1992; the guiding principles of constitutional interpretation and the vexed issue of whether the court should adopt a mechanical and literal approach to the interpretation of the Constitution or adopt a liberal, beneficent and purposive approach. The Supreme Court has asserted in the locus classicus decision: Tuffuor v Attorney-General [1980] GLR 637 that the 1979 Constitution as the supreme law, must be construed as a living political document capable of growth. Is there any evidence now to support that claim? The study shall also investigate the question of the power of the Supreme Court to review legislative and executive action. We shall also examine the role of the Supreme Court in the interpretation and enforcement of the Constitution and Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms in relation to the rights and obligations of the individual and the State with the view to achieving good governance. The 1992 Constitution itself is founded on the premise that there are limitations to the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and freedoms. What is the extent of such limitations as determined by the Supreme Court? What has been the Supreme Court's contribution to the sustenance of political stability and democratic governance and, especially, in matters relating to coup d'etats and to enforcement of the Constitution itself as distinct from the enforcement of fundamental human rights and freedoms? Has the Supreme Court power to enforce the Constitution and the existing law where there is proven case of injustice and illegality? Has the Supreme Court power to enforce Directive Principles of State Policy as formulated in chapter 6 of the 1992 Ghana Constitution? / Jurisprudence / LL.D.

The theme running through this dissertation is intended to prove that the Supreme Court has a role to play in the promotion, enforcement and sustenance of a proper democratic system of government, good governance and fundamental human rights and freedoms in Ghana. The Study would therefore address the role of the Supreme Court in the development of Constitutional Law in Ghana, with particular emphasis on the court's contribution to the underlying concepts of the Fourth Republican Constitution of 1992; the guiding principles of constitutional interpretation and the vexed issue of whether the court should adopt a mechanical and literal approach to the interpretation of the Constitution or adopt a liberal, beneficent and purposive approach. The Supreme Court has asserted in the locus classicus decision: Tuffuor v Attorney-General [1980] GLR 637 that the 1979 Constitution as the supreme law, must be construed as a living political document capable of growth. Is there any evidence now to support that claim? The study shall also investigate the question of the power of the Supreme Court to review legislative and executive action. We shall also examine the role of the Supreme Court in the interpretation and enforcement of the Constitution and Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms in relation to the rights and obligations of the individual and the State with the view to achieving good governance. The 1992 Constitution itself is founded on the premise that there are limitations to the enjoyment of fundamental human rights and freedoms. What is the extent of such limitations as determined by the Supreme Court? What has been the Supreme Court's contribution to the sustenance of political stability and democratic governance and, especially, in matters relating to coup d'etats and to enforcement of the Constitution itself as distinct from the enforcement of fundamental human rights and freedoms? Has the Supreme Court power to enforce the Constitution and the existing law where there is proven case of injustice and illegality? Has the Supreme Court power to enforce Directive Principles of State Policy as formulated in chapter 6 of the 1992 Ghana Constitution? / Jurisprudence / LL.D.