Concours ENAM-NSAM spécial 2020-2021: 30 Elèves Greffiers anglophone Cameroun

D- COMMON LAW
D-1) CIVIL LAW

• The basis and characteristics of the rule of law
• Sources of law
  • • written sources. 
  • Non.-textual sources of law, general principles of law, customs, jurisprudence /case laws.

TOPICS ON LAW

• Distinction between natural persons and corporate entities.
• Identification of persons and their rights.

FAMILY LAW

• • Marriage (void and voidable marriage, validity of marriage, consortium);

• • Divorce and judicial separation;

• • Property rights (financial provisions, custody … );

• • Child law.

• Filiation (Legitimate child, illegitimate child, adoption, conflicts).

D-2) CIVIL PROCEDURE

• • Meaning of civil procedure and its application in Anglophone Cameroon.

• • Commencement of civil proceedings (motions, petitions, writs of summons). 

• • Simplified recovery procedure and the undefended list. 

• • Parties (nature, joinder procedure, misjoinder procedure, representation proceedings … );

• • Joinder and consolidation of causes of action.

• • Service of process and appearance. 

• • Pleadings (functions, content, facts that must be specifically pleaded … );

• • Interim relief (interlocutory order, injunction … );

• • Equitable relief. 

• • Interlocutory application. 

• • Settlement of issues. 

• Stay of execution.

E- PUBLIC FREEDOMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

• Freedom of expression, information and communication.
• Freedom of association, of meeting and formation of political parties.
• Freedom of movement. 
• Human Rights.
• The limitations of public freedoms;
• Institutions regulating public freedoms:
  • The National Commission for Human Rights and Freedoms. 
  • Competent Courts of Common Law.
  • A special court: the High Court of Justice.

II-ORAL EXAMS

A. GRAND JURY

An interview with a jury, with the aim to determine the candidate’s personality and his/her predisposition to serve the State and the citizens.

B. THE LANGUAGE JURY

An interview with a jury in French.

Concours ENAM-NSAM spécial 2020-2021: 30 Elèves Greffiers anglophone Cameroun.

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