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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| Format: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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Leiden University Press
2009
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| Series: | Law, Governance, and Development
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| Online Access: | OAPEN Library: download the publication OAPEN Library: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | 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 emphasised individual titling and registration. Disappointment with such approaches have led to a search for 'a third way' in land tenure regulation that will reconcile state perspectives with local land rights. This book contributes to the quest for a new pluralistic approach. It combines the description of land tenure regimes in Africa, Latin America and Asia with an analysis of designs, objectives, and actual implementation of specific legalisation programmes. |
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| ISBN: | 9789087280567 |
| Access: | Open Access |