| Honorific-Prefix: | Justice |
| Anselmus Kodzo Paaku Kludze | |
| Office: | Supreme Court Judge |
| Term Start: | 21 May 2003 |
| Term End: | 12 March 2004 |
| Appointer: | John Kufuor |
| Birth Date: | 1934 |
| Birth Place: | Ghana |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Children: | Ave Kludze |
Anselmus Kodzo Paaku Kludze (1934 – 5 October 2013) was a Ghanaian lawyer, author[1] and academic who served as a judge for the Supreme Court of Ghana and was also a professor.[2] He was an Emeritus Professor of law[3] at Rutgers University, Camden, New Jersey, United States, a chairman of the Law Reform Commission of Ghana,[4] a Fellow of the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences and a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, London.[5]
Kludze was born in 1934 to Stephen Komla Kludze. He hailed from Gbi-Kpeme, Hohoe in the Volta Region of Ghana.[6] 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.[7] After his secondary education, he entered the University of Ghana where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1963.[8] He continued at the Ghana School of Law where he qualified as a barrister in 1965. He proceeded to the United Kingdom for further studies in law and was awarded his doctorate degree in 1969. In 2002, he earned a Higher Doctorate degree of LL.D. for his scholarship from the University of London.
Kludze joined the Law Faculty as a senior lecturer at the University of Ghana[9] and taught at the Ghana School of Law while a visiting professor at the Temple University School of Law. He was also a professor of law and dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Calabar, Nigeria. Prior to entering academia, he was a barrister-at-law and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Ghana.
Kludze was appointed a justice of the Supreme Court of Ghana by the then president of Ghana, John Kufuor on 21 May 2003.[10] He served in that capacity until his retirement on 12 March 2004.[10]
He is the father of Ave Kludze, a rocket scientist with the National Aeronautic and Space Administration (NASA).[11]
. Stephen Alan Brobbey . 2008 . The law of chieftaincy in Ghana: incorporating customary arbitration, contempt of court, judicial review . Advanced Legal Publication . 42. 9789988758639 .
. Anselmus Kludze . 2000 . Chieftaincy in Ghana . Austin & Winfield . vii. 9781572921214 .