Concours IRIC Cameroon common mistakes
Concours IRIC Cameroon · Understand the traps and how to avoid them.
Present a theory as a universal fact
The question may ask for an attributed explanatory model.
What to do instead
Identify the theory, level of analysis and assumptions.
Treat repeated conduct as sufficient custom
Acceptance as law is a separate issue.
What to do instead
Analyze both relevant practice and opinio juris.
Assume influence creates jurisdiction
Institutions have actual legal powers and limits.
What to do instead
Identify the governing mandate and jurisdictional basis.
Confuse diplomatic and consular authorization
Agrement and exequatur perform different functions.
What to do instead
Identify the actual office and instrument.
Transfer foreign domestic constitutional rules
Shared international principles do not establish national parliamentary powers.
What to do instead
Use Cameroon-specific materials for domestic requirements.
Equate comparative and absolute advantage
The trade model concerns opportunity cost.
What to do instead
Compute the forgone alternative before identifying the pattern.
Ignore the currency quotation convention
An inverse quotation changes the apparent direction.
What to do instead
State which currency is priced in which units.
Treat an announced objective as an evaluated outcome
Intent does not establish effect or causation.
What to do instead
Identify the outcome evidence and suitable comparison.