Fair Land Governance: How to Legalise Land Rights for Rural Development (AUP - Leiden University Press) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9087281366 ISBN 13: 9789087281366

Publisher: Leiden University Press, 2012

Synopsis

Across the globe, farmers whose families have tilled the land for generations are being evicted from their homes because they do not have proper identification papers. The interests of large-scale agriculture, forest conservation, and urban sprawl threaten the fates of rural smallholders around the world. Five legal experts weigh in on this phenomenon in Africa, Asia, and Latin America, parsing local and international laws while finding possible solutions for this troubling trend through the empowerment and enfranchisement of local populations. An important survey of this a much overlooked subject, Fair Land Governance moves the debate over property rights into fresh territory.

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About the Author

André J. Hoekema is professor of legal pluralism at the University of Amsterdam. Jan Michael Otto is professor of law and governance in developing countries at Leiden University.

About this edition

• Publisher: Leiden University Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 9087281366
• ISBN 13: 9789087281366
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 190
• Editor: Otto Jan Michiel, Hoekema André