Land, law and politics in Africa : : mediating conflict and reshaping the state / / edited by Jan Abbink, Mirjam de Bruijn.

• Superior document: African dynamics ; v. 10
• TeilnehmendeR: Abbink, J.; Bruijn, Mirjam de, 1962-; Hesseling, Gerti.
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: African dynamics ; 10.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (396 p.)
• Notes: "This project was envisaged as a testimony to the inspirational legacy of Professor Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009), the Dutch legal scholar and Africanist"--Introduction.; Includes bibliography of the works of Gerti Hesseling.

This volume presents a wide selection of studies on the issues of law, land dispute and conflict (mediation) in Africa, reconsidering the role of state agents and other actors in these matters. The focus is on analyzing how citizens, state institutions and concerned (inter)national actors aim to fin...

Table of Contents

• Preliminary Material / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn
• Introduction / Jan Abbink
• Partenariat et interdisciplinarité: / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Mahaman Tidjani Alou
• Historical and Cultural Aspects / Aspects Historiques et Culturelles Cultural models of power in Africa / Walter van Beek
• Human rights in the traditional legal system of the Nkoya people of Zambia / Wim M.J. van Binsbergen
• ‘Sons of the soil’: / Peter Geschiere
• How can Africa develop? Reflections on theories, concepts and realities / Patrick Chabal
• Land Issues and Economics / Problemes Fonciers et L’economie L’économie sociale et solidaire pour stimuler le développement ascendant et endogène / Abdou Salam Fall
• Land conflicts in Senegal revisited: / Mayke Kaag , Yaram Gaye and Marieke Kruis
• ‘More punitive penalties should be given to urban farmers’: / Romborah R. Simiyu and Dick Foeken
• Settling border conflicts in Africa peacefully: / Piet Konings
• Politics and Constitutional Law / Politique et Droit Constitutionnel Democracy deferred: / Jan Abbink
• La production d’un nouveau constitutionnalisme en Afrique : / Babacar Kanté
• Le juge constitutionnel et la construction de l’Etat de droit au Sénégal / Fatima Diallo
• Sur les traces du droit vivant dans le labyrinthe du droit foncier et des pratiques locales au Mali / Moussa Djiré
• The Challenges of Law and Conflict / Les Défis de Droit Face au Conflits Effectuating normative change in customary legal systems: / Janine Ubink
• Decentralization and the articulation of local and regional politics in Central Chad / Han van Dijk
• Conflict mobility and the search for peace in Africa / Mirjam de Bruijn and Egosha E. Osaghae
• Appendix: Bibliography of prof. dr Gerti Hesseling / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn
• List of authors / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn.