The Scope for Uniform National Laws in Cameroon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4250713 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Charles Manga Fombad (0000-0002-7794-1496, Université de Yaoundé I, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1991 |
| Volume | 29 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 443-456 |
| Publication date | 1991-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00000598 |
| OpenAlex | W2072609014 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 5 |
Cameroon like most formerly colonised countries in African has, since independence and re-unification, grappled with a Danaidean task in attempting to develop a modern legal system that takes account of its heritage and present conditions, as well as its socio-economic and political needs. If the history of African legal systems reflects the difficulties encountered in framing national laws derived from customary and foreign laws introduced during the colonial era, these are even more serious in Cameroon where, because of its complicated colonial past, two potentially divergent foreign legal systems have struggled for supremacy in determining the nature and content of its new uniformised laws. Now in its third decade of independence, and with the two former British and French parts united politically, the goal of legal unity seems to be regarded as a logical sequitur
Colonialism · Framing (construction) · Independence (probability theory) · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Unification · Comparative and International Law Studies · European and International Law Studies · History · Law
| Unique citing works | 4 |
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| Citations per year | 0,13 |
| Citation span | 1995 - 2023 (29) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |