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Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong
| Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
| Disciplina | 346.671104 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FonjongLotsmart N |
| Soggetto topico | Land tenure - Cameroon |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| 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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461290703321 |
| Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong
| Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
| Disciplina | 346.671104 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FonjongLotsmart N |
| Soggetto topico | Land tenure - 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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790188903321 |
| Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon / / edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong
| Issues in women's land rights in Cameroon / / edited by Lotsmart N. Fonjong |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2012 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (179 p.) |
| Disciplina | 346.671104 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | FonjongLotsmart N |
| Soggetto topico | Land tenure - 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 | eng |
| 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 |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828533203321 |
| Bamenda, Cameroon, : Langaa RPCIG, 2012 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Sons and daughters of the soil [[electronic resource] ] : land and boundary conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005 / / Walter Gam Nkwi
| Sons and daughters of the soil [[electronic resource] ] : land and boundary conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005 / / Walter Gam Nkwi |
| Autore | Nkwi Walter Gam |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda [Cameroon], : Langaa RPCIG, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 967.1104 |
| Soggetto topico | Land tenure - Cameroon |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-283-06358-1
9786613063588 9956-579-07-6 9956-579-06-8 9956-579-05-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; A) Dancing the Plot and Riding the Past into the Present; B) Understanding inter-community boundary conflicts within Homer-Dixon Framework; Chapter Two - The Geographical and Ethnographic Survey of Bamenda Grassfields; Introduction; A) Staking the Study Area; B) Peoples of the Region; C) Traditional and Socio-Political Organisations; D) Decentralised Societies; E) The contending issues of boundary conflicts in theBamenda Grassfields; Conclusion
Chapter Three - A History of Bambili/Babanki-Tungoh and the Genesis of the Boundary Conflict Introduction; A) Origin and the Migratory Histories of Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; B) Geographical Locations and Daily Activities; C) From Fraternal Friends (up to 1950's) to Fraternal Enemies?; D) Contending issues: causes of the boundary conflict between Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; E)The Manifestation of the Boundary Conflict c. 1950 -1955:The epoch of Law Suits; F) Decision on Land Dispute Between Babanki-tungoh And Bambili Agreed Upon By The Bafut; G) The War Period; H) The 1995 War I) The Wesmacott's myth: a commentary Conclusion; Chapter Four - The "Cold" Years, 1995-2005; Introduction; A) The Complaints Period; B) The Koungo Edima Commission; Conclusion; Chapter Five - Consequences of the Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh Boundary Conflict and Some Suggested Solutions; Introduction; A) Social Consequences; B) Economic Consequences; C) Political Consequences; D) Efforts at Resolving the Boundary Conflict; E) Why the attempted solutions failed; F) Suggested Solutions; Conclusion; Chapter Six - General Conclusion; Appendices; Notes on Sources; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910456265903321 |
Nkwi Walter Gam
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| Bamenda [Cameroon], : Langaa RPCIG, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sons and daughters of the soil [[electronic resource] ] : land and boundary conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005 / / Walter Gam Nkwi
| Sons and daughters of the soil [[electronic resource] ] : land and boundary conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005 / / Walter Gam Nkwi |
| Autore | Nkwi Walter Gam |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda [Cameroon], : Langaa RPCIG, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 967.1104 |
| Soggetto topico | Land tenure - Cameroon |
| ISBN |
1-283-06358-1
9786613063588 9956-579-07-6 9956-579-06-8 9956-579-05-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; A) Dancing the Plot and Riding the Past into the Present; B) Understanding inter-community boundary conflicts within Homer-Dixon Framework; Chapter Two - The Geographical and Ethnographic Survey of Bamenda Grassfields; Introduction; A) Staking the Study Area; B) Peoples of the Region; C) Traditional and Socio-Political Organisations; D) Decentralised Societies; E) The contending issues of boundary conflicts in theBamenda Grassfields; Conclusion
Chapter Three - A History of Bambili/Babanki-Tungoh and the Genesis of the Boundary Conflict Introduction; A) Origin and the Migratory Histories of Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; B) Geographical Locations and Daily Activities; C) From Fraternal Friends (up to 1950's) to Fraternal Enemies?; D) Contending issues: causes of the boundary conflict between Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; E)The Manifestation of the Boundary Conflict c. 1950 -1955:The epoch of Law Suits; F) Decision on Land Dispute Between Babanki-tungoh And Bambili Agreed Upon By The Bafut; G) The War Period; H) The 1995 War I) The Wesmacott's myth: a commentary Conclusion; Chapter Four - The "Cold" Years, 1995-2005; Introduction; A) The Complaints Period; B) The Koungo Edima Commission; Conclusion; Chapter Five - Consequences of the Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh Boundary Conflict and Some Suggested Solutions; Introduction; A) Social Consequences; B) Economic Consequences; C) Political Consequences; D) Efforts at Resolving the Boundary Conflict; E) Why the attempted solutions failed; F) Suggested Solutions; Conclusion; Chapter Six - General Conclusion; Appendices; Notes on Sources; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781268003321 |
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Nkwi Walter Gam
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| Bamenda [Cameroon], : Langaa RPCIG, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Sons and daughters of the soil : land and boundary conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005 / / Walter Gam Nkwi
| Sons and daughters of the soil : land and boundary conflicts in North West Cameroon, 1955-2005 / / Walter Gam Nkwi |
| Autore | Nkwi Walter Gam |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bamenda [Cameroon], : Langaa RPCIG, 2011 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina | 967.1104 |
| Soggetto topico | Land tenure - Cameroon |
| ISBN |
1-283-06358-1
9786613063588 9956-579-07-6 9956-579-06-8 9956-579-05-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Preface; Chapter One - Introduction; A) Dancing the Plot and Riding the Past into the Present; B) Understanding inter-community boundary conflicts within Homer-Dixon Framework; Chapter Two - The Geographical and Ethnographic Survey of Bamenda Grassfields; Introduction; A) Staking the Study Area; B) Peoples of the Region; C) Traditional and Socio-Political Organisations; D) Decentralised Societies; E) The contending issues of boundary conflicts in theBamenda Grassfields; Conclusion
Chapter Three - A History of Bambili/Babanki-Tungoh and the Genesis of the Boundary Conflict Introduction; A) Origin and the Migratory Histories of Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; B) Geographical Locations and Daily Activities; C) From Fraternal Friends (up to 1950's) to Fraternal Enemies?; D) Contending issues: causes of the boundary conflict between Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh; E)The Manifestation of the Boundary Conflict c. 1950 -1955:The epoch of Law Suits; F) Decision on Land Dispute Between Babanki-tungoh And Bambili Agreed Upon By The Bafut; G) The War Period; H) The 1995 War I) The Wesmacott's myth: a commentary Conclusion; Chapter Four - The "Cold" Years, 1995-2005; Introduction; A) The Complaints Period; B) The Koungo Edima Commission; Conclusion; Chapter Five - Consequences of the Bambili and Babanki-Tungoh Boundary Conflict and Some Suggested Solutions; Introduction; A) Social Consequences; B) Economic Consequences; C) Political Consequences; D) Efforts at Resolving the Boundary Conflict; E) Why the attempted solutions failed; F) Suggested Solutions; Conclusion; Chapter Six - General Conclusion; Appendices; Notes on Sources; Back cover |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910817085503321 |
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Nkwi Walter Gam
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| Bamenda [Cameroon], : Langaa RPCIG, 2011 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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