»Communal Labour« – another technique of acquisition of manpower required for administrative tasks in Cameroon?

Abstract

The State which is a technique of social organisation that originated from Europe was born to cater for the basic needs of its citizens. To this effect, the modes of acquisition of the means necessary to achieve its ends, have in recent years increased in proportion to the targets it set for itself. The means at its disposal have multiplied manifold as it shifted from its traditional role of a panoplied policeman to a provider of basic goods and services. Law students in French-speaking countries studied the procedures by which the state acquired the means necessary for the accomplishment of the mission assigned to it in droit administratif approfondi or droit administratif special. Because we made the choice from the beginning, we are going to restrict ourselves to the study of a particular aspect of these means – manpower. Cameroon droit administratif special states the means by which the State acquires the manpower necessary for the accomplishment of its mission. They are called the agents of the administration. They can be studied under two categories – civl servants (fonctionnaires) who are permanent, and contract officers (agents contractuels) who may be temporary. Both serve the administration during normal periods. Civil servants may be recruited through a competitive examination or by appointment. Meanwhile contract officers are parties to contracts with the administration. To meet an emergency, the state may resort to the procedure of requisitioning. Law