1st Edition

The Constitution and Governance in Cameroon

By Laura-Stella E. Enonchong Copyright 2021
272 Pages
by Routledge

272 Pages
by Routledge

This book provides a systematic analysis of the major structural and institutional governance mechanisms in Cameroon, critically analysing the constitutional and legislative texts on Cameroon’s semi-presidential system, the electoral system, the legislature, the judiciary, the Constitutional Council and the National Commission on Human Rights and Freedoms. The author offers an assessment of... Read more

Introduction  1. A history of the constitution and governance in cameroon  2. Executive power in the context of semi-presidentialism  3. The electoral system and the legislature  4. The judiciary, judicial independence and power  5. The Constitutional Council and democratic advancement  6. Managing diversity: the Anglophone struggle for self-determination  7. The protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms  Conclusion

Biography

Laura-Stella E. Enonchong is a Senior Lecturer at De Montfort University, UK.