In The Land of the Chiefs
Customary Law, Land Conflicts, and the Role of the State in Peri-Urban Ghana
Published on 27. February 2008
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-90-8728-041-3 (ISBN)
Description
land tenure|customary law|Ghana|tenure security|traditional authorities|legal reform
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Dordrecht
Netherlands
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Weight
449 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-8728-041-3 (9789087280413)
DOI
10.5117/9789087280413
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Person
Janine Ubink is senior lecturer law and governance in Africa, at the Van Vollenhoven Institute for Law, Governance and Development at Leiden University.
Content
Contents[-] - 6[-]Acknowledgements[-] - 8[-]Abbreviations[-] - 12[-]Ch. 1: Introduction: land, suctomary law, and traditional authorities[-] - 16[-]Untitled - 40[-]Ch. 2: How to combine tradition and modernity? Regulating customary land management Ghana[-] - 42[-]Ch. 3: Land policies for tenure security or the reality of customary land management in peri-urbun Ghana[-] - 74[-]Ch. 4:[-]Negotiated or negated? The rhetoric and reality of customary tenure in Ashanti village in Ghana - 114[-]Ch. 5: Traditional authority revisited: popular perceptions of chiefs and chieftancy in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana[-] - 138[-]Ch. 6: Courts and peri-urban practice: customary land law in Ghana[-] - 168[-]Ch. 7: Conlusion: stool land management and the quest for customary law[-] - 210[-]References[-] - 230[-]Samenvatting (Dutch Summary)[-] - 248[-]Curriculum vitae[-] - 256