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‘The law is not for the poor’: Land, law and eviction in Luanda

, 2016
This article investigates how an existing two-tiered land tenure system creates a hybrid space that blurs, and essentially questions and problematizes the boundaries of the formal/informal divide as presented within Angolan political and legal discourses.
Pétur Waldorff
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Colonial lives of property: law, land, and racial regimes of ownership

Journal of Peasant Studies, 2019
Desert is strikingly powerful in its ability to give readers a window into two nearby communities that are estranged from each other. McKee’s level of access in both communities and innovative methodology allows her to give readers a look into two sides ...
C. Lund
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For the Common Good: The Bohemian Land Law and the Beginning of the Hussite Revolution

, 2014
Preface 1. King, Land, Law, And Authority The Holy Roman Empire and the Kingdom of Bohemia Medieval Conceptions of Authority and Insurrection Authority in Hussite Bohemia 2.
J. E. Grant
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Laws for the land

Nature, 1983
Planning and Pollution: An examination of the Role of Land Use Planning in the Protection of Environmental Quality. By Christopher Miller and Christopher Wood. Oxford University Press: 1983. Pp.232. £15.00, $32.50.
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Land Law Reform in Eastern Africa: Traditional or Transformative?: A critical review of 50 years of land law reform in Eastern Africa 1961 – 2011

, 2013
Book synopsis: Land Law Reform in East Africa reviews development and changes in the statutory land laws of 7 countries in Eastern Africa over the period 1961 – 2011. The book is divided into two parts.
P. McAuslan
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Land law, law of the land au XIXe siècle

Revue française d’études américaines, 1991
The situation in the United States was totally different from that in European countries : in the United States the national government owned, at one time or another, roughly 80 % of the land and still owns a third of the territory today. Public lands were not left idle or given away : they were used with specific policies in mind.
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Land Law and Forestry

2018
As this chapter shows, Indonesia’s land law is complex. Before 1960, land owned by Westerners was subject to Dutch law, and land owned by Indonesians was governed by adat, or traditional customary law. This changed when the Agrarian Law was enacted in 1960, establishing a new range of statutory rights that applied to all Indonesians, and the beginnings
Tim Lindsey, Simon Butt
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Land as a Human Right. A History of Land Law and Practice in Tanzania

, 2012
“As in any other country in the world, the History of Land Law in Tanzania, especially, has been evolving along the axis of rights”.1 So Advocate Rwegasira contends in this important contribution to Tanzanian land law scholarship.
Abdon Rwegasira
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Scots land law

2021
When it comes to land law, the Scots and English legal systems are markedly different. The landscape of Scots property law was itself altered dramatically by the coming into force of three pieces of legislation: the Abolition of Feudal Tenure Act 2000, the Title Conditions Act 2003, and the Tenements Act 2004.
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Land Law Concentrate

2013
Each Concentrate revision guide is packed with essential information, key cases, revision tips, exam Q&As, and more. Concentrates show you what to expect in a law exam, what examiners are looking for, and how to achieve extra marks. Land Law Concentrate covers the fundamental principles of this area of law and helps the reader to succeed in exams ...
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