Contesting Land and Custom in Ghana. State, Chief and the Citizen

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• Ētahi atu kaituhi: M. Ubink, Janine (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: Leiden University Press 2008
• Rangatū: Law, Governance, and Development
• Ngā marau: Law & society; land tenure; sociology; land administration; authorities ghana; Customary land; Customary law; Irrigation; Ivory Coast; Kumasi; Tribal chief
• Urunga tuihono: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

The contributions to this essential volume critically examine ideas on customary land tenure in Ghana. They analyse the relations between the customary and statutory tenure and the institutional interactions between the state and traditional authorities in land administration, addressing issues of p...