Essays in African land law / / Robert Home (editor).

• TeilnehmendeR: Home, Robert (College teacher),
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 electronic resource (207 p.)

Table of Contents

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.