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27 Rev. Gen. 349 (1996)
Customary Law, Women's Rights and Traditional Courts in Cameroon

handle is hein.journals/revgend27 and id is 351 raw text is: DROIT COMPARt Customary Law, Women's Rights and Traditional Courts in Cameroon JOSEPH N. TEMNGAH Lecturer at law, Faculty of Laws and Political Sciences University of Yaounde II, Cameroon RISUMt This article highlights the controversy over Women's Rights in Cameroon given that women are regarded as a man's property under customary law. The article points out the position of women's rights under statutory law. It compares both rules without settling for either of them. Both rules are sources of Cameroonian law and are administered concurrently by the courts. Again, this article shows the awareness women have demonstrated by challenging the customary law position which considers a woman as an object. Finally, the article settles for the codification of laws notwithstanding the difficulties involved in this exercise, especially in a bi-jural * state like Cameroon. Cet article souligne la controverse relige aux droits desfemmes au Cameroun, lesfemmes y 6tantperfues comme la propridt6 des hommes en vertu du droit coutumier Cet article indique la position desfemmes en vertu du droit statutaire. II compare les deux r~gles sans toutefois trancher pour l'une ou pour l'autre. Les deux r~gles tirent leur source du droit camerounais et sont administries concurremment par les cours. De plus, cet article timoigne de la conscience qu 'ont dimontrie les femmes en dgfiant la position selon laquelle, en droit coutumier, on consid~re la femme comme un objet. Finalement, cet article tranche en faveur de la codification des lois nonobstant les difficult~s occasionndes lors d'un tel exercice, particulikrement dans un bat bi-juridique tel que le Cameroun. * Editor's note: In Canadian legal English we normally use the expression bi-juridical. We are respecting the author's terminology. (1996) 27 R.G.D. 349-356 ABSTRACT

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