Introduction to Aspects of Customary Land Law in Africa, as Compared with Some Indonesian Aspects
Author | : Sonius |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 1962-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004665307 |
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Author | : Sonius |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 53 |
Release | : 1962-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004665307 |
Author | : Shinichi Takeuchi |
Publisher | : Springer Nature |
Total Pages | : 215 |
Release | : 2021-10-10 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 9811647259 |
This open access book offers unique in-depth, comprehensive, and comparative analyses of the motivations, context, and outcomes of recent land reforms in Africa. Whereas a considerable number of land reforms have been carried out by African governments since the 1990s, no systematic analysis on their meaning has so far been conducted. In the age of land reform, Africa has seen drastic rural changes. Analysing the relationship between those reforms and change, the chapters in this book reveal not only their socio-economic outcomes, such as accelerated marketisation of land, but also their political outcomes, which have often been contrasting. Countries such as Rwanda and Mozambique have utilised land reform to strengthen state control over land, but other countries, such as Ghana and Zambia, have seen the rise in power of traditional chiefs in managing the land. The comparative perspective of this book clarifies new features of African social changes, which are carefully investigated by area experts. Providing new perspectives on recent land reform, this book will have a considerable impact on scholars as well as policymakers.
Author | : J. Oloka-Onyango |
Publisher | : Cambridge Scholars Publishing |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2018-07-26 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1527514374 |
This book examines current trends in customary land issues in Africa, focusing on the practice of converting customary land into leasehold tenure, particularly in Zambia. Since the enactment of the 1995 Lands Act No. 29 in Zambia, conversion of customary land has become a controversial policy, raising questions about the future of customary land and rural communities, and the role of traditional authorities in a changing environment. Alienating customary land into leasehold tenure has serious implications for local and national politics and gender dynamics. Analysis of these trends suggests that the policy of creating land markets on customary land is subjecting customary systems to the forces of change. However, governments that have adopted this policy have not, by and large, adopted measures to respond to these challenges. Although customary tenure is widely believed to be resilient, it is not clear how the customary system will navigate the current winds of change. Chapters in this book draw from the Land Use and Rural Livelihoods in Africa Project (LURLAP), a collaborative research project undertaken by staff and students at the University of Cape Town and the University of Zambia.
Author | : Doctor Ambreena Manji |
Publisher | : Zed Books Ltd. |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2013-07-04 |
Genre | : Political Science |
ISBN | : 1848137532 |
Across Africa land is being commodified: private ownership is replacing communal and customary tenure; Farms are turned into collateral for rural credit markets. Law reform is at the heart of this revolution. The Politics of Land Reform in Africa casts a critical spotlight on this profound change in African land economy. The book illuminates the key role of legislators, legal consultants and academics in tenure reform. These players exert their influence by translating the economic and regulatory interests of the World Bank, civil society groups and commercial lenders in to questions of law. Drawing on political economy and actor-network theory The Politics of Land Reform in Africa is an indispensable contribution to the study of agrarian change in developing countries.
Author | : Jeanmarie Fenrich |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 563 |
Release | : 2011-07-18 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 1139497820 |
This book promotes discussion and understanding of customary law and explores its continued relevance in sub-Saharan Africa. It considers the characteristics of customary law and efforts to ascertain and codify customary law, and how this body of law differs in content, form and status from legislation and common law.
Author | : Jan Abbink |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 2011-11-11 |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 900421738X |
This book offers a series of new studies on the dynamics of political and legal culture as well as of conflict management in contemporary Africa, taking inspiration from and honoring the scholarly contributions and impact of Prof. Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009) in African Studies.
Author | : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Publisher | : FAO |
Total Pages | : 62 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : |
This publication deals with key issues in land tenure, especially as they relate to food insecurity and rural development situations. Land tenure issues are frequently ignored in rural development interventions, with often long-lasting, negative results. This guide is designed to assist technical officers in governments and civil society in understanding why and how land tenure issues should be considered in rural development projects. It analyses important contexts such as environmental degradation, gender discrimination, and conflicts, where land tenure is currently of critical concern.
Author | : Oleg Igorevich Krassov |
Publisher | : XSPO |
Total Pages | : 377 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Law |
ISBN | : 5001562554 |
The monograph studies the key aspects of land law of African countries, customary land tenure laws, customary rights to water, forest, cattle grazing; the influence of colonial epoch on customary land tenure systems, and the rights of African women to land. Characteristic features of land and water rights under Islamic law are provided. The current state of formal land law in the countries of North, West, Central, and East Africa is analyzed, including the following: the right of ownership to land and other natural resources, types of various rights to land and natural resources, and the relationship of formal law and customary land tenure systems. For students, graduate students and teachers of law schools, employees of legislative, executive and judicial authorities, as well as for all those interested in land, civil law and comparative legal studies.
Author | : Ruth Hall |
Publisher | : Boydell & Brewer |
Total Pages | : 226 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 1847011306 |
Interrogates the narratives of land grabbing and agricultural investment through detailed local studies that illuminate how these are experienced on the ground and the implications for Africa's land and agricultural economy.
Author | : Patrick McAuslan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : LAW |
ISBN | : 9780415831437 |
"Introduction: The conceptual framework of the paper; PART 1: From c.1961 to c.1990:Chapter 1: An overview of the land laws at independence; Chapter 2: 1961 - c.1990: The lack of any land reform; Chapter 3: Two case studies from this era; PART 2: The era of land law reform c.1990 onwards; Chapter 4: The global intellectual climate for land law reform; Chapter 5: Zanzibar; Chapter 6: Mozambique; Chapter 7: Uganda; Chapter 8: Tanzania; Chapter 9: Somaliland; Chapter 10: Rwanda; Chapter 11: Kenya; Chapter 12: Urban planning law reform in the region; Chapter 13: Gender and land law in the region; Chapter 14:Transformational, traditional or political: the reforms assessed; Appendix; Table of principal land laws 1961- 2012; References"--