Pluralism and development : studies in access to property in Africa /
editors, Hanri Mostert and Thomas Bennett.
- 333 pages ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references. "Pluralism and development : Studies in access to property in Africa, comprises a collection of papers presented at a conference held at the University of Cape Town in 2010."
Includes bibliographical references.
Access to property in Africa : an introductory survey / Absolute ownership and legal pluralism in Roman law : two arguments / Legal pluralism in Africa : the implications of state recognition of customary laws illustrated from the field of land law / Legal pluralism and access to land in Nigeria / The changing dynamics of customary land tenure : women's access to and control over land in Botswana / Taking the gap : "living law land grabbing" in the context of customary succession laws in Southern Africa / Securing women's property inheritance in the context of plurality : negotiations of law and authority in Mbunzini customary courts and beyond / Contested power and apartheid tribal boundaries : the implications of "living customary law" for indigenous accountability mechanisms / Lost in translation : family title in Fingo Village, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape / Land information as a tool for effective land administration and development / Legal pluralism : the investor's view / Promises of future performance and informal-sector transfers of personal property : the example of anglophone Cameroon / Indigenous-law land rights : constitutional imperatives and proprietary paradoxes / Thomas Bennett & Hanri Mostert -- Helen Scott -- Gordon Woodman -- Enyinna Nwauche -- Anne Griffiths -- Chuma Himonga -- Sindiso Mnisi Weeks -- Aninka Claasens -- Rosalie Kingwill -- Gerrit Pienaar -- Johann Schiller -- Claire Moore Dickerson -- Anne Pope.
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Real property--Africa--Congresses. Customary law--Africa--Congresses. Land tenure--Law and legislation--Africa--Congresses. Right of property--Africa--Congresses.