The Supreme Court (
French
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''Cour Suprême'') is the highest
judicial body
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in
Cameroon. As defined in Article V of the
Constitution of Cameroon, the Supreme Court is above the
courts of appeal
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and the
tribunals. It is nominally independent of the
executive and
legislative branches of government, subject only to the oversight of the
Higher Judicial Council
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. The justices are appointed by the
president of Cameroon. The court is headquartered in
Yaoundé.
The Supreme Court is an
appellate court made up of three parts: the judicial, administrative, and audit benches. The judicial bench rules on standard cases appealed from the lower courts. the administrative bench handles cases involving the state, such as
election dispute
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s and appellate cases involving the government. This branch can hear such cases on the first instance.
[Christou and Starmer 663.] The audit bench takes cases relating to public accounts of public and semi-private entities. The Supreme Court may only rule on the constitutionality of law at the behest of the president of Cameroon. The body typically decides appeals only on
point of law.
The Supreme Court was founded in 1961 to replace the
Federal Court of Justice.
[Fongbe 253.]
Notes
References
*
Background Note: Cameroon. October 2006. United States Department of State. Accessed 2 January 2007.
*
Cameroon. ''The World Factbook''. United States Central Intelligence Agency. 12 December 2006. Accessed 20 December 2006.
* Christou, Theodora A., and Keir Starmer (2005). ''Human Rights Manual and Sourcebook for Africa''. The British Institute of International and Comparative Law.
* ''Constitution of the Republic of Cameroon''
Englishan
versions). 18 January 1996. Accessed 4 January 2007.
* Fonge, Fuabeh P. (1997). ''Modernization without Development in Africa: Patterns of Change and Continuity in Post-Independence Cameroonian Public Service''. Trenton, New Jersey: Africa World Press, Inc.
Law of Cameroon
Government of Cameroon
Cameroon
Yaoundé
1961 establishments in Cameroon
Courts and tribunals established in 1961
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