Conflicts of Laws in the Management of the Deceased’s Estate Under Cameroon Legal System

Abstract

The law of succession is a critical aspect of the law which ensures and guarantees the rights of parties particularly upon the passing away of a person. Hence, the law of succession which is concerned with the legal consequences flowing from death on the deceased person’s property, has several issues worth looking at. However, the major worry becomes the management of the deceased’s estate especially when there arise a conflict of laws in the realization of that. That burden motivates this paper which has as aim to investigate the conflicts of laws that exist under Cameroonian legal system in relation to the management of the deceased estate. To achieve this objective, data is collected with the use of the doctrinal method and the data collected is analyzed with the use of the thematic content approach method. The ensuing result reveals the various conflicts that arise in the law when the managements of the deceased estate is concern under the Cameroon legal system.