Laura-Stella Enonchong
Biographic Data
| ID | 915192 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laura-Stella Enonchong |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laura-Stella |
| FAMILY NAME | Enonchong |
| SIGNATURE | ENONCHONG L |
| AFFILIATIONS | De Montfort University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0622-0982 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Constitutional identity, bijuralism and the establishment of the common law division in the Supreme Court of Cameroon
This article discusses the establishment of the Common Law Division (CLD) of the Supreme Court in the context of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon. It argues that the problem of the common law’s unequal status in Cameroon’s bijural legal system is compounded by the feeble constitutional affirmation of bijuralism as a constitutional identity. That has a concomitant effect on the way that the common law is represented within the Supreme Court and t…
Conflict Transformation Through Institutional (Re)Construction
In 2017, the institutional structure of the Supreme Court of Cameroon was amended to include a Common Law Division (CLD). That was done partly to address a violent conflict that originated from wider discriminatory practices against the English-speaking minorities, the unsatisfactory application of the common law, and longstanding difficulties experienced by common law lawyers in accessing that court. This article applies conflict transformation …
Unconstitutional constitutional amendment or constitutional dismemberment? A reappraisal of the presidential term limit amendment in Cameroon
Presidential term limit provisions are often perceived as a feature of modern democratic systems. It has been argued that their existence is a key intervention mechanism to pre-empt some undemocratic outcomes associated with incumbency advantages. In 2008, the Constitution of Cameroon was amended to abolish the presidential term limit. More than ten years on, there are ostensible signs of a democratic decline. This article takes a retrospective l…
Public prosecutors and the right to personal liberty
This article discusses the approach of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to interpreting and applying the right to personal liberty, in particular in relation to the judicial control of the deprivation of liberty. It appears that both institutions adopt an interpretative approach that aligns with the object and purpose of the right. However, in the application to individual cases, unlik…
Mental disability and the right to personal liberty in Africa
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is leading an initiative to draft a disability protocol. This is particularly important for persons with mental disability as the draft protocol makes specific provisions guaranteeing their right to personal liberty, a right currently unavailable to them under article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights as interpreted by the African Commission in Purohit & Moore v The Gambia. T…
Applying International Standards in Enforcing the Right to Personal Liberty in Cameroon
This article examines the problematic enforcement of the right to personal liberty in Cameroon. It offers a critical review of that right by assessing its compatibility with international standards endorsed by article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It finds that, although a small number of provisions are not sufficiently robust to protect that right …
Conflict Transformation Through Institutional (Re)Construction
In 2017, the institutional structure of the Supreme Court of Cameroon was amended to include a Common Law Division (CLD). That was done partly to address a violent conflict that originated from wider discriminatory practices against the English-speaking minorities, the unsatisfactory application of the common law, and longstanding difficulties experienced by common law lawyers in accessing that court. This article applies conflict transformation …
Unconstitutional constitutional amendment or constitutional dismemberment? A reappraisal of the presidential term limit amendment in Cameroon
Presidential term limit provisions are often perceived as a feature of modern democratic systems. It has been argued that their existence is a key intervention mechanism to pre-empt some undemocratic outcomes associated with incumbency advantages. In 2008, the Constitution of Cameroon was amended to abolish the presidential term limit. More than ten years on, there are ostensible signs of a democratic decline. This article takes a retrospective l…
Mental disability and the right to personal liberty in Africa
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is leading an initiative to draft a disability protocol. This is particularly important for persons with mental disability as the draft protocol makes specific provisions guaranteeing their right to personal liberty, a right currently unavailable to them under article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights as interpreted by the African Commission in Purohit & Moore v The Gambia. T…
Applying International Standards in Enforcing the Right to Personal Liberty in Cameroon
This article examines the problematic enforcement of the right to personal liberty in Cameroon. It offers a critical review of that right by assessing its compatibility with international standards endorsed by article 9 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights. It finds that, although a small number of provisions are not sufficiently robust to protect that right …
Mental disability and the right to personal liberty in Africa
The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights is leading an initiative to draft a disability protocol. This is particularly important for persons with mental disability as the draft protocol makes specific provisions guaranteeing their right to personal liberty, a right currently unavailable to them under article 6 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights as interpreted by the African Commission in Purohit & Moore v The Gambia. T…
Unconstitutional constitutional amendment or constitutional dismemberment? A reappraisal of the presidential term limit amendment in Cameroon
Presidential term limit provisions are often perceived as a feature of modern democratic systems. It has been argued that their existence is a key intervention mechanism to pre-empt some undemocratic outcomes associated with incumbency advantages. In 2008, the Constitution of Cameroon was amended to abolish the presidential term limit. More than ten years on, there are ostensible signs of a democratic decline. This article takes a retrospective l…
Public prosecutors and the right to personal liberty
This article discusses the approach of the United Nations Human Rights Committee (HRC) and the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) to interpreting and applying the right to personal liberty, in particular in relation to the judicial control of the deprivation of liberty. It appears that both institutions adopt an interpretative approach that aligns with the object and purpose of the right. However, in the application to individual cases, unlik…
Conflict Transformation Through Institutional (Re)Construction
In 2017, the institutional structure of the Supreme Court of Cameroon was amended to include a Common Law Division (CLD). That was done partly to address a violent conflict that originated from wider discriminatory practices against the English-speaking minorities, the unsatisfactory application of the common law, and longstanding difficulties experienced by common law lawyers in accessing that court. This article applies conflict transformation …
Constitutional identity, bijuralism and the establishment of the common law division in the Supreme Court of Cameroon
This article discusses the establishment of the Common Law Division (CLD) of the Supreme Court in the context of the Anglophone Crisis in Cameroon. It argues that the problem of the common law’s unequal status in Cameroon’s bijural legal system is compounded by the feeble constitutional affirmation of bijuralism as a constitutional identity. That has a concomitant effect on the way that the common law is represented within the Supreme Court and t…
Law (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Law (4 works) · Human rights (3 works) · International Law and Human Rights (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Charter (2 works) · Common law (2 works) · Comparative and International Law Studies (2 works) · European and International Law Studies (2 works)