Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong

• Pubblicazione: Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (179 p.)
• Disciplina: 346.671104
• Soggetto topico: Land tenure - Cameroon
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: FonjongLotsmart N
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Summary; Chapter One - Introduction to Land and Rural Women in Cameroon; Introduction; The Rural Woman in Cameroon; Women and Land in Agricultural Improvement and Socio-Economic Stability; Women and Land in Natural Resource and Holistic Environmental Management; Women and Water-related Issues; Cameroonian Rural Women and Forest Resource Exploitation; Rural Women Functionality within the Cameroonian Process of Decentralization; Conclusion; References ; Chapter Two - Equal Rights but Unequal Power over Land: Rethinking the Process of Engendering Land Ownership and Management in CameroonAbstract; Introduction; Contextualizing Issues of Rights and Women's Empowerment; Rethinking of Women' Land Rights; Gender dynamics and use of land; Why this Gender Discrimination in Land Ownership; Customary Laws in Cameroon; The Ineffectiveness of Statutory Provisions; Limitations of Legal Enforcement of Women's Land rights in Cameroon; The Basis for Engendering Land Reforms in Cameroon; Opportunities for Land Reforms; Conclusions ; Recommendations for Engendering the Process of Land Reforms in CameroonReferences; Chapter Three - Women's Inheritance Rights in the North West and South West Regions of Cameroon; Abstract; Introduction; Sources of Law and Applicable Laws; Courts with jurisdiction to hear probate matters; Testate Succession (Testacy); Conditions necessary for a valid will; Form and Contents of Wills; The place of nuncupative wills post-obit gifts and gifts inter vivos; Intestacy (Intestate Succession); The Surviving Spouse; Inheritance rights of Married girls; The position of children born out of wedlock ; Administration of EstatesDistribution; Devolution to the surviving spouse; Revocation of grant of probate and letters; Liabilities and penalties for administration of estates; Conclusion; Chapter Four - Exploring Women's Rights within the Cameroonian Legal System: Where do Customary Practices of Bride-Price Fit in?; Abstract; Introduction; Customary Laws and Practices as a Hindrance to Women's Rights; Bride-Price and the Validity of Marriage; Bride-Price and Monogamy (and Bigamy); Bride-Price and the Dissolution of Marriage; Bride-Price and Paternity; Refund Of Bride-price ; Bride-price, women and propertyConclusion; Chapter Five - Women and Land Registration in Anglophone Cameroon: Lessons from South Africa; Abstract; Introduction; Theoretical framework of the paper; Social welfare Component of Land; African World view on property rights; Research Methodology; Land and Registration: An Overview; Registration as Instrument for Exclusion: South African Experience; Conclusion; Chapter Six - Mediating between Customs and Statutes in the Process of Land Registration and Enforcement of Women's Rights in Cameroon: The Role of the Administration; Abstract; Introduction ; Women and the Legal rights to own Land
• Sommario/riassunto: This book explores the customary, social, economic political and rights issues surrounding access, ownership and control over land from a gender perspective. It combines theory and practice from researchers, lawyers and judges..
• Titolo autorizzato: Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon
• ISBN: 1-280-12749-X; 9956-727-60-1; 9786613531377; 9956-727-12-1; 9956-727-01-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910461290703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II