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Of Hitler And Camille Pissarro: Jurisdiction In Nazi Art Expropriation Cases Under The Foreign Sovereign Immunity Act [PDF]
, 2011 In November 1938, Walter Westfield, a renowned Jewish art dealer in Germany, was arrested, beaten, and imprisoned by the Nazis for an alleged violation of currency exchange laws.1 The true purpose of the arrest was to seize Westfield’s art collection for
Zarrini, Elnaz
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Climate shocks, democratization and (a culture of) cooperation
Economica, Volume 93, Issue 370, Page 524-551, April 2026.Abstract While the direct economic effects of adverse climate shocks are well known, their indirect institutional impact is still poorly understood. To clarify this, we test the idea that adverse climate shocks push time‐inconsistent elites to enact inclusive political institutions, and non‐elites to embrace strong norms of cooperation.
Giacomo Benati, Carmine Guerriero
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RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN LAND TENURE LAW IN ERITREA, HORN OF AFRICA [PDF]
After a historical sketch of the evolution of land tenure systems in the Eritrean highlands, this paper describes the main features of the new Eritrean land law and its operative assumption that the legislation is meant to extend state control over land.
Castellani, Luca G.
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Toward a new regulatory framework for agricultural investments in Madagascar [PDF]
, 2011 The 1.3 million hectare agricultural project planned in Madagascar by South Korean company Daewoo Logistics exemplified the risks of large-scale land acquisition for local people, governments, and investors alike.
Burnod, Perrine +3 more
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Racialized Labour in the Colonial Food Regime: The Whitening of England's Farmworkers
Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT The crystallization of a colonial food regime in the 1870s centred around Britain is key to historical accounts of agrarian political economy. Yet such accounts have neglected the role of the agrarian proletariat in shaping this regime from below and its basis in racialized hierarchy.
Ben Richardson
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Land expropriation – The hidden danger of climate change response in Mozambique
Land Use Policy, 2022 B. Almeida, Carolien Jacobs
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Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 26, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Fieldwork is the cornerstone of empirical research in agrarian studies. Discussion about methodological options has, however, not kept up with the innovative conceptual developments taking place within the discipline. This is particularly evident in the study of social differentiation, a key concern in agrarian scholarship. Through a review of
Patrick Illien, Helena Pérez Niño
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Sociologia Ruralis, Volume 66, Issue 2, April 2026.ABSTRACT Financial incentives go a long way in securing land manager participation in environmental programmes. They are nevertheless limited in their capacity to influence the quality of engagement with nature recovery actions. Drawing on responses from members of organisations active in nature conservation and restoration across four UK study sites ...
Charles Masquelier +4 more
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The impact of land titling on labor allocation: Evidence from rural Peru [PDF]
This paper analyzes the relationship between land property rights and household labor allocation. It posits that land titling has two opposite effects on labor decisions.
Nakasone, Eduardo
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