Essays in African land law /
Essays in African land law /
Robert Home (editor).
- Pretoria : Pretoria University Law Press (PULP), 2011.
- xv, 207 p. ; 25 cm.
Includes bibliographical references.
Perceptions of legal and geographical clarity : defining international land boundaries in Africa / John W. Donaldson -- Towards the pro-poor land law in Sub-Saharan Africa / Robert Home -- International law and land rights in Africa : the shift from states' territorial possessions to indigenous peoples' ownership rights / Jeremie Gilbert and Valerie Couillard -- Indigenous peoples and ancestral lands : implications of the Bakweri case in Cameroon / Ambe J Njoh -- Not just another 'custom' : Islamic influences on African land laws / Siraj Sait -- The Humwe principle : a social -ordering grundnorm for Zimbabwe and Africa? / Ben Chigara -- Gender perspectives of property rights in rural Kenya / Leah Onyango, Anne Omollo and Elizabeth Ayo -- Legal challenges of land held in trust for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCS) in Kenya / George Anang'a, Colleta Otieno and Awuor Oluoch -- Compensation for compulsory acquisition of land for mining activities in Nigeria : the search for a viable solution / Oludayo Gabriel Amokaye.
9781920538002 1920538003 9789205380025 9205380024
Land tenure--Africa.
Real property--Africa.
Customary law--Africa.
Rights of property--Africa.
Rule of law--Africa.
Includes bibliographical references.
Perceptions of legal and geographical clarity : defining international land boundaries in Africa / John W. Donaldson -- Towards the pro-poor land law in Sub-Saharan Africa / Robert Home -- International law and land rights in Africa : the shift from states' territorial possessions to indigenous peoples' ownership rights / Jeremie Gilbert and Valerie Couillard -- Indigenous peoples and ancestral lands : implications of the Bakweri case in Cameroon / Ambe J Njoh -- Not just another 'custom' : Islamic influences on African land laws / Siraj Sait -- The Humwe principle : a social -ordering grundnorm for Zimbabwe and Africa? / Ben Chigara -- Gender perspectives of property rights in rural Kenya / Leah Onyango, Anne Omollo and Elizabeth Ayo -- Legal challenges of land held in trust for orphans and vulnerable children (OVCS) in Kenya / George Anang'a, Colleta Otieno and Awuor Oluoch -- Compensation for compulsory acquisition of land for mining activities in Nigeria : the search for a viable solution / Oludayo Gabriel Amokaye.
9781920538002 1920538003 9789205380025 9205380024
Land tenure--Africa.
Real property--Africa.
Customary law--Africa.
Rights of property--Africa.
Rule of law--Africa.