The International Survey of Family Law, 1994

The International Survey of Family Law, 1994
Author: Andrew Bainham
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 524
Release: 1996-03-14
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9789041102188

The "International Survey of Family Law," published on behalf of the International Society of Family Law, is the successor to the Annual Survey of Family Law'. It provides information, analysis and comment on recent developments in Family Law across the world on a country-by- country basis. The Survey is published annually and its subtitle reflects the calendar year surveyed. Where a country has been regularly surveyed each year, the developments discussed correspond to the year in question. If certain countries have not been surveyed for some years the contributions will usually attempt to cover the intervening period. This applies, for example, in the present volume to the contributions relating to China and Turkey. If countries are being covered for the first time, then more background information will be provided about the state of family law in the country in question. Examples in this volume are the contributions from Bulgaria and Malta.

The International Survey of Family Law, Volume 1 (1994)

The International Survey of Family Law, Volume 1 (1994)
Author: Andrew Bainham
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Total Pages: 516
Release: 1996-03
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9004632247

The International Survey of Family Law, published on behalf of the International Society of Family Law, is the successor to the `Annual Survey of Family Law'. It provides information, analysis and comment on recent developments in Family Law across the world on a country-by- country basis. The Survey is published annually and its subtitle reflects the calendar year surveyed. Where a country has been regularly surveyed each year, the developments discussed correspond to the year in question. If certain countries have not been surveyed for some years the contributions will usually attempt to cover the intervening period. This applies, for example, in the present volume to the contributions relating to China and Turkey. If countries are being covered for the first time, then more background information will be provided about the state of family law in the country in question. Examples in this volume are the contributions from Bulgaria and Malta.

International Survey of Family Law 2006

International Survey of Family Law 2006
Author: Andrew Bainham
Publisher: Jordan Publishing (GB)
Total Pages: 528
Release: 2006
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781846610172

The International Survey of Family Law is the International Society of Family Law's annual review of developments in family law across the world. The 2006 edition covers developments in 27 countries written by leading academics and family law experts. Each article is accompanied by a French language abstract. The 2006 Review begins with a round-up of the major developments in the international arena, and is followed by contributions from a diverse selection of countries where there have been important developments in family law. The International Society of Family Law facilitates study and discussion by sponsoring and promoting international co-operation in research on family law topics worldwide. Table of contents include: The New Angolan Law on Children's and Juvenile Justice; Recent Developments in Family Law in Botswana: The Abolition of Marital Power Act; On Recent Developments to the Marital Property System of the People's Republic of China; Understanding Family Law and the Family Court System in Costa Rica; The Constitutional Court as Driver of Reforms in German Family Law; Progress and Retrogression on Domestic Violence Legislation in Ghana; The Dutch Family Law Chronicles: Continued Parenthood Notwithstanding Divorce; Legal Regulation of Adoption in Slovenia: Do We Need Changes?; Living in Sin in Paradise: Cohabitation in the South Pacific; Legislation on Forced Marriage and Intercountry Adoption; The Story of Adultery in Turkey; and Developments in the U.S.: The Struggle Over the Creation of a Status for Same-Sex Partners.

English in Cameroon

English in Cameroon
Author: Hans-Georg Wolf
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages: 372
Release: 2013-06-10
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 3110849054

The multilingual situation in Cameroon and the status of English as a co-official language constitute a unique and fascinating case for sociolinguistic investigation. Drawing from first-hand material, the author investigates several aspects of this complex configuration, including the historical development of English in Cameroon, the various languages and lingua franca areas, the linguistic policy, the de facto status of English and the situation in the anglophone provinces. The speech community of the Anglophones is highlighted as a rare example of an ethnicity tied to the second language. Apart from important sociolinguistic findings, the work includes a novel, corpus-based analysis of Cameroon English. Certain lexical phenomena are explained by the cognitive coding of culture - particularly the African cultural model of community, which also underlies the self-perception of the Anglophones - a perspective hitherto neglected in the study of the New Englishes.

Les Mbengis - Migration, Gender, and Family

Les Mbengis - Migration, Gender, and Family
Author: Christina Atekmangoh
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 441
Release: 2017-07-19
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 995676258X

This book is about transnational migration (familiarly called bushfalling) and remittance flows to Cameroon. With the current dire economic state, Cameroonians increasingly aspire to go abroad to make a living. Migrants achieve this through a collective (family) strategy and with the help of migration brokers. Relations between migrants and the family that stays in Cameroon can be characterized as follows: Families raise and educate their children to become adults. In return to giving their children the gift of life, families expect reciprocity, best secured through economic success abroad and the sending of remittances by migrants. As families in Cameroon heavily contribute to the funding of migration trajectories, often by selling properties such as land or houses or borrowing money, they also expect a return on their investments. All that constitutes this study explores under the notion of the moral economy of transnational remittances. In this study, remittances are understood to be a composite of financial, material, and cultural flowsmaintaining and transforming social and kinship ties. The book proposes also a large exploration of themes in relation to transnational migration: why and how Cameroonians migrate (the role of the operational family in terms of decision and funding; the role of migration brokers through the identification of lines and the provision of the necessary papers); the moral justification for migration; the ways social relations and customs are changed by status gained through migration; the ways people explain the failure of migration projects, the difficulties to stay abroad; the matrimonial strategies to go and stay abroad. This is an empirically rich and theoretically sophisticated study that takes thinking on transnational migration informed by African strategies and experiences a step further.

International Food Law and Policy

International Food Law and Policy
Author: Gabriela Steier
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 1444
Release: 2017-08-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 331907542X

International Food Law and Policy is the first interdisciplinary piece of academic literature of its kind with a comprehensive, reader-friendly approach to teaching the major aspects of food regulation, law, policy, food safety and environmental sustainability in a global context. The sections are grouped by continents and focus on a range of cross-disciplinary subjects, such as public health, international food trade, the right to food, intellectual property and global regulatory aspects of food production. With its systematic approach, this book will be a valuable resource both for professionals working in food regulation and anyone interested in the subject. It provides a solid foundation for courses and master’s programs in environmental management, food law, policy and regulation, and sustainable development around the world.

Gender Justice and Development: Local and Global

Gender Justice and Development: Local and Global
Author: Christine Koggel
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 125
Release: 2017-10-02
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1317527895

It is now generally accepted by development theorists and policy-makers that the popular policies of reducing or eliminating social welfare programs over the past several decades have increased inequalities and injustices throughout the world. The authors in this collection focus on the gendered aspects of these inequalities and injustices. They do so by exploring the ethics, values, and principles central to understanding and alleviating real-world problems resulting from a lack of gender justice locally and globally. Some of the authors offer new theoretical and conceptual frameworks in order to analyze connections between gender norms and inequalities, to devise strategies to empower women and strengthen communities, to challenge mainstream understandings of justice and responsibility, to promote caring and just relationships among people within and across borders, or to shape more adequate accounts of development and global ethics. Other authors apply new theories and concepts in order to explore gender justice in the context of issues such as climate change, land ownership rights in Cameroon, or empowerment strategies in places such as Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Ghana, Columbia, and Indonesia. This book was originally published as a special issue of Ethics and Social Welfare.

Issues in Women's Land Rights in Cameroon

Issues in Women's Land Rights in Cameroon
Author: N. Fonjong
Publisher: African Books Collective
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2012-02-29
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9956727016

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, each with track records of working on women and rights concerns. The nexus between the reluctance to recognize and materialize womens right to land, and the increasing feminization of poverty is undeniable. The problem assumes special acuity in an essentially agrarian context like Cameroon, where the problem is not so much the law as its manner of application. That this book delves into investigating the principal sources and reasons for this prevalent injustice is particularly welcome. As some of the analyses reveal, denying women their right to land acquisition or inheritance is sometimes contrary to established judicial precedents and even in total dissonance with the countrys constitution. Traditional and cultural shibboleths associated with land acquisition and ownership that tend to stymie womens development and fulfilment, must be quickly shirked, for such retrograde excuses can no longer find comfort in the law, morality nor in modern traditional thinking. The trend, albeit timid, of appointing women to Land Consultative Boards and even as traditional authorities, can only be salutary. These are some positive practical steps that can translate the notion of equal rights into equal power over land for both sexes; otherwise equality in this context will remain an unattractive slogan.