The political (in) dependence of the judiciary in Cameroon : fact or fiction?

dc.contributor.authorKamga, Gerard Emmanuel Kamdem
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-10T11:46:11Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractMy main concern in this paper is to critically examine judicial deference to the executive within the context of Cameroon. I portray how authorities in the country purposely fail to invest the judiciary with substantial levels of independence. In so doing, I look at the nexus between the domineering executive entity and the prevailing Hobbesian conception of separation of powers according to which powers mutually divided destroy each other. My investigation revolves around the idea as to know whether it is possible to mitigate political intrusion and interference to judicial independence when such intrusion and interference have become inherent and consubstantial to the modus operandi of the political system itself. Various studies on judicial independence are available but the peculiarity of the current one is not about the extent or limitation to judicial independence but it questions whether this independence exists in the first place. The study further innovates by providing a theory based approach which is an attempt to capture judicial motivations as well as the rationale behind the erosion of the liberal political theory within the context of Cameroon.en_ZA
dc.description.departmentJurisprudenceen_ZA
dc.description.embargo2020-04-29
dc.description.librarianhj2019en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rafr20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationGerard Emmanuel Kamdem Kamga (2019) The political (in) dependence of the judiciary in Cameroon: fact or fiction?, Africa Review, 11:1, 46-62, DOI: 10.1080/09744053.2018.1538679.en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn0974-4053 (print)
dc.identifier.issn0974-4061 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/09744053.2018.1538679
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/68123
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherRoutledgeen_ZA
dc.rights© 2018 African Studies Association of India, New Delhi. This is an electronic version of an article published in Africa Review, vol. 11, no. 1, pp. 46-62, 2019. Africa Review is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/rafr20.en_ZA
dc.subjectAuthoritarianismen_ZA
dc.subjectRule of lawen_ZA
dc.subjectConstitutionalismen_ZA
dc.subjectSeparation of powersen_ZA
dc.subjectCameroonen_ZA
dc.titleThe political (in) dependence of the judiciary in Cameroon : fact or fiction?en_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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