Syllabus For The Special Recruitment Of 30 ( Thirty ) Student Court Registrars Of English Expression Into The Magistracy And Court Registry Division Of TheNational School Of Administration And Magistracy ( NSAM ) For The 2017/ 2018 Academic Year .

1 – WRITTEN EXAMS

A – GENERAL KNOWLEDGE
Political , economic and social history of the world .
Basics of constitutional law and political ideology .
Geography of the world with emphasis on Cameroon and Africa .
Current events .

B – JUDICIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE ORGANISATION OF COURTS

1 . Judicial Organisation
Creation , organisation , competence of :
Customary courts .
Court of First Instance.
High Court
Military Court
Court of Appeal
Court of State Security .
Supreme Court
High Court of Justice .
Special Criminal Court .

2 . Administrative Organisation of Courts
Organisation of the Registry .
Organisation of State Counsel ’ s Office .

C – CRIMINAL LAW AND CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
The principle of criminal legality .
Offence , prosecution and penalty .
1 . General notions
Competence .
Legal proceedings
Debates, hearing .
Evidence
Contradiction .
2 . Submission of a case to a court
Submission of a case to the Court of First Instance.
Submission of a case to the High Court .
Competence of the Court of First Instance and the High Court .
Competences of The Special Criminal Court .
3 . Public Action
Different ways of implementing public action .
Conditions for implementing public action .
Civil action in criminal Courts .
Preliminary inquiry.
Preliminary investigation of a case .
Judicial police , custody
Submission of a case to Court .
Criminal evidence
Criminal judgments
Remedy at law.
Enforcement of penalties.

D – COMMON LAW

D – 1 ) CIVIL LAW
The basis and characteristics of the rule of law
Sources of law
written sources .
Non. – textual sources of law, general principles of law, customs, jurisprudence / case laws .

TOPICS ON LAW

Distinction between natural persons and corporate entities .
Identification of persons and their rights .

FAMILY LAW

Marriage ( void and voidable marriage, validity of marriage , consortium );
Divorce and judicial separation ;
Property rights ( financial provisions, custody … );
Child law.
Filiation ( Legitimate child, illegitimate child, adoption , conflicts) .

D – 2 ) CIVIL PROCEDURE

Meaning of civil procedure and its application in Anglophone Cameroon .
Commencement of civil proceedings ( motions , petitions , writs of summons ) .
Simplified recovery procedure and the undefended list.
Parties ( nature , joinder procedure, misjoinder procedure , representation proceedings … );
Joinder and consolidation of causes of action .
Service of process and appearance .
Pleadings ( functions , content, facts that must be specifically pleaded … );
Interim relief ( interlocutory order , injunction … );
Equitable relief .
Interlocutory application .
Settlement of issues.
Stay of execution.

E – PUBLIC FREEDOMS AND HUMAN RIGHTS

Freedom of expression , information and communication.
Freedom of association , of meeting and formation of political parties .
Freedom of movement .
Human Rights .
The limitations of public freedoms ;
Institutions regulating public freedoms :
The National Commission for Human Rights and Freedoms .
Competent Courts of Common Law.
A special court : the High Court of Justice

II – ORAL EXAMS

A . GRAND JURY
An interview with a jury, with the aim to determine the candidate ’ s personality and his/her predisposition to serve the State and the citizens .

B . THE LANGUAGE JURY
An interview with a jury in French .