Publications

   Barrister Gaston NGANKAM   

Doctor of Law (University of Aix-Marseille)
Former lawyer at the Court of Appeal of Aix-en-Provence
ADVOCATE AT THE BAR OF CAMEROON
Corresponding Member of A.F.D.M. (French Association of Maritime Law)
President of A.C.D.M. (Cameroon Association of Maritime Law)

Any knowledge on your Council, Barrister Gaston NGAMKAN, his Publications and its Works.

"The road freight transport contract under the banner of OHADA and in the light of the European CMR",

This book, which is at least 300 pages long, is a real practical guide to the Uniform Act concerning contracts for the carriage of goods by road and the International Convention on the Contract for the Carriage of Goods by Road signed in Geneva in 1956 called CMR. , the breadcrumb trail of practitioners and users of these two instruments. It is prefaced by Professor Philippe DELEBECQUE of the University of Paris-I (Pantheon Sorbonne) and Professor Pierre BONASSIES of the University of Aix-Marseille, both known specialists in maritime law and transport.

The book is structured around three main parts: the legal framework of the contract of carriage, the liability of the carrier and the exercise of the actions resulting from the contract of carriage. Each part has at least two titles and each title has at least two chapters, the chapters being themselves structured in sections and paragraphs.

Moreover, all the developments are generously enriched by the very recent doctrine and jurisprudence, in particular those of European countries, the Uniform Act then being examined with regard to the European CMR of which it is, in reality, only one kind of clone.

However, reference is also made to some of the decisions of the African courts of the merits and some published articles on the Uniform Act.

Recent European jurisprudence and doctrine developed under the WRC is particularly abundant. As well, decisions rendered by the French Court of Cassation in June 2014 are targeted.

Similarly, the book does not limit itself to commenting on the Uniform Act. It also engages in a critical analysis in a forward-looking approach, indicating precisely the provisions that call for urgent reform by the Community legislator.

In addition, appreciating this book, the authors of the preface stress the practical usefulness of this book, both for the African jurist and for the European jurist, especially the one who practices transport law from a civil law perspective.

The book is pending editing, probably at L'Harmattan, which has already been asked for this and whose response is still awaited.
Editions L'Harmattan in Paris

"Some legal and practical advice to African shippers and receivers to enable them to make the most of their commercial activities",
in JURIDIS Periodical dec. 1996, p. 83;

"Multimodal transport transmaritime: Commentary of a judgment of the tribunal de grande instance of Douala",
idem, p. 34;

"The reservations of the shipping carrier",
JURIDIS Periodical, January-February-March 1997, p. 55; Transport Gazette November 1997;

"Observations on two judgments of the Court of Appeal of Douala (Right of action of subrogated insurer against the author of the damage, right of action against the handling contractor)",
in JURIDIS Periodical April-May-June 1997, p. 15 and July-August-September 1997, p. 35; DMF (French Maritime Law) 1998, p. 715;

"The new regulation of the maritime professions and auxiliary transport in Cameroon: end of the maquis or legal shell half empty"?
in JMM 1997, 1687; SCAPEL Review 1997, p. 115; JURIDIS Periodic Oct.-Nov.-Dec. 1997, p. 3 and ss.

"An unfortunate mimicry in maritime law of Central Africa: Article 382 of the Merchant Marine Code of UDEAC (Advocate for a refit of the legal status of the handling contractor in Central Africa)",
in DMF 2000, 831 and Juridis Periodic No. 37, Jan.-Feb.-Mar. 1999, pp. 63 and ss. ;

"Election clauses for maritime bills of lading: but where has the jurisdictional protectionism in Cameroon gone?", in Review of Commercial, Maritime, Air and Transport Law (Scapel Review) 2000, 46; Juridis Periodical (forthcoming) Conservative seizure of ships in Central Africa: the opinion of the competent maritime authority: an unnecessary requirement?
in DMF 2000, 665; Juridis Periodic April-May-June 2000, 111;

The integration of the Hamburg Rules into African maritime legislation: the example of the countries of Central Africa,
in Juridis Periodical July-August-September 2000, 109;

The legal framework of international multimodal transport in Central Africa: critical analysis in a prospective approach, presented at the seminar held in Antwerp (Belgium) organized by the AFDM and the ABDM during March 2005, in JPA (Jurisprudence of the Port of Antwerp),
October - November - December 2005, PP 384 and ss.
Road freight contract under the banner of OHADA (forthcoming)

The law applicable to maritime transport auxiliaries in the CEMAC zone, presentation presented at the International Kribi seminar (Cameroon), organized by the University of Nantes, in December 2005 on the theme "Transport Law and Community Legal Integration in Africa" (to forthcoming) On the responsibility of the Cameroonian handling contractor, observations under the Paris Court of Appeal
(5th C. Sect B), 15 September 2005, "Feng" vessel, in DMF 2007, 232;