Legalising land rights. Local Practices, State Responses and Tenure Security in Africa, Asia and Latin America

Millions of people live and work on land that they do not legally own in accordance with enforceable state law. The absence of state recognition for local property rights affects people's tenure security and impedes development. Efforts to legalise extra-legal land tenure have traditionally emp...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: J. Hoekema, André (auth)
Other Authors: M. Ubink, Janine (auth), J. Assies, Willem (auth)
Format: eBook
Published: Leiden University Press 2009
Subjects:
law
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