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Land Law is the body of legal rules and principles governing the ownership, use, and transfer of land and real property. It encompasses various aspects such as property rights, land use regulations, and the legal relationships between individuals and entities regarding land.
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Land Law is the body of legal rules and principles governing the ownership, use, and transfer of land and real property. It encompasses various aspects such as property rights, land use regulations, and the legal relationships between individuals and entities regarding land.

Key research themes

1. How do constitutional principles and legal frameworks shape land administration reforms to promote pro-poor land governance in Sub-Saharan Africa?

This research area investigates the influence of constitutional tenets—specifically human rights, rule of law, and legal pluralism—on land administration systems (LAS) and legal frameworks in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Understanding these relationships is pivotal due to the challenges in embedding pro-poor objectives within land governance reforms. The studies focus on developing conceptual frameworks and evaluate existing constitutions to ensure that land administration reforms are equitable, legally coherent, and responsive to customary and statutory law pluralism to improve tenure security and responsible land management.

Key finding: This study developed a conceptual framework to assess LAS and their legal frameworks in SSA based on three core constitutional tenets—human rights, rule of law, and legal pluralism. It found that embedding these principles... Read more
Key finding: The paper identifies notable deficiencies in Ethiopia's legislative and institutional land governance frameworks, including the absence of multiple tenure systems and weak institutional capacity. By comparing Ethiopia's... Read more
Key finding: This editorial synthesizes global land reform trajectories indicating that 21st-century reforms must navigate post-colonial legacies, urbanization, climate displacement, and governance complexities. It highlights evolving... Read more

2. What are the roles, challenges, and consequences of informal and formal mechanisms enforcing land rights and governance in contexts of weak state capacity?

This theme explores the interplay between state and non-state actors in land rights enforcement, specifically focusing on informal security providers such as land guards, legal disputes over property rights, and judicial interventions. Research in this area addresses the consequences of governance gaps manifested in unregulated actors exerting control, the role of courts in resolving property conflicts, and the procedural and legal complexities affecting land tenure security, particularly in Africa and developing countries. Methodological approaches include legal case analyses, field studies, and institutional critiques.

Key finding: This paper documents the rise of unregulated land guards as private security actors enforcing property claims amid rapid urbanization and weak formal law enforcement in Ghana. It reveals that land guards derive legitimacy... Read more
Key finding: The report highlights the procedural and jurisprudential challenges in South African land reform, including contested property clause amendments, judicial interpretations of 'just and equitable' compensation, and the struggle... Read more
Key finding: This research problematizes Mexico's agrarian legal regime and indigenous territorial rights, showing how formalist judicial frameworks inadequately address indigenous land governance. The study reveals that agrarian courts... Read more
Key finding: This study critically examines Bangladesh's requirements and procedures in government requisition of immovable property, identifying legal ambiguities such as the undefined 'public purpose' that enable potential abuse of... Read more

3. How do legal theories and property law doctrines influence the conceptualization and adjudication of ownership and land rights?

Research within this theme scrutinizes foundational legal concepts of property, particularly in relation to exclusion rights, possession, and ownership limits. It interrogates dominant paradigms such as legal positivism and the 'bundle of rights' metaphor, revealing contradictions in property doctrine and the dynamic interaction between legal norms and social realities. The theme covers jurisprudential critiques and case law analysis focused on ownership structures, judicial discretion, and how evolving societal values and technical advancements challenge traditional property law boundaries.

Key finding: The paper critiques the positivist paradigm in property law, emphasizing that ownership is more fluid and context-dependent than the dominant ideological framework suggests. It highlights that property rights are diffuse and... Read more
Key finding: This study unpacks inherent contradictions in U.S. property law, emphasizing the tension between individual ownership rights and communal or common good interests. It elaborates on property as a dynamic set of legal... Read more
Key finding: This paper deconstructs the conventional conception of private land ownership as an inherent individual right, tracing its origins to historical acts of territorial imposition and colonialism. It juxtaposes dominant property... Read more

All papers in Land Law

The paper addresses the history of the debates on human social organization and sustainability as inspired by indigenous histories and traditions, by Native American scholars. A key figure in instigating these debates and laying the... more
Not-guilty verdicts, mistrials, and impunity for the Bundy family and many of their supporters in the armed confrontations over public land use in Nevada and Oregon. Expanded access for private oil, gas, mining, and logging industries and... more
Since the introduction of the common law system, precedent case law has been a core element of its existence. Due to the high number of boundary surveys conducted as part of boundary disputes during the past number of years, research of... more
Le présent rapport expose les motifs justifiant la mise en place d’une action de promotion concertée des outils transactionnels relatifs au foncier et aux droits fonciers pour concrétiser les objectifs de conservation et de résilience... more
Основные тезисы: 􀀀 Существующая в настоящее время практика предоставления лицензий на пользование участками недр без получения информации о земельных участках, необходимых для реализации права использования участка недр, нередко приводит... more
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The Syrian civil war has seen the weaponization of its land and property rights system by the primary combatant groups in the country. The government is the most robust in its use of the tenure system to locate, target, destroy,... more
In 2006, the Australian Government amended the Aboriginal Land Rights (Northern Territory) Act 1976 (Cth) to enable the grant of township leases over Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory. It was a reform which attracted considerable... more
Democracy in the Woods: Environmental Conservation and Social Justice in India, Tanzania, and Mexico Oxford University Press (January 2017) How do societies negotiate the apparently competing agendas of environmental protection and... more
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Chart illustrating the total number of final homestead proofs by year and by state.  Compiled from the Bureau of Land Management, Homesteads pamphlet, 1961
Un equipo de FEM y de la comunidad de Sincerin realizaron una encuesta censal asistida por Kobotoolbox y financiada por SELAVIP.
На примере "Метафизики нравов" Иммануила Канта выдвигается тезис о сходстве в развитии института права собственности на недвижимое имущество в Германии XVIII века и в современной России. В качестве главного признака указывается на... more
Nigeria depend greatly on oil and gas production to meet its revenue needs. Several initiatives are currently being gauged to diminish the high transaction cost of pipeline failures and the consequences on land rights' holders. Oil and... more
Summary This work is a monographic treatment of the Roman usucapio, which gave rise to the modern-day institution of acquisitive prescription in common law, mixed law and statutory law systems. The attempt to discuss this topic stems from... more
Ріпенко А.І. заступник начальника відділу правової експертизи юридичного департаменту Одеської міської ради, кандидат юридичних наук РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ ЗЕМЕЛЬНИХ ВІДНОСИН У МІСТОБУДІВНОМУ ЗАКОНОДАВСТВІ : тенденції та перспективи
[For Englisn, please scroll down.] В российской литературе английское вещное право редко становится объектом сравнительно-правовых исследований. О нем пишут кратко. Несовместимость его с российским правом кажется настолько очевидной, что... more
Набуття права власності за набувальною давністю на земельні ділянки в усіх випадках повинно підпорядковуватися ст.344 ЦКУ. Положення ст.120 ЗКУ, а також абз.2 ч.1 ст.344 ЦКУ позбавлені регулятивного значення. Механізм набуття права... more
The failure of successive New Zealand regimes, both local and central government, to commemorate the true story of what happened in the modest Taranaki township of Waitara, resulting in two decades of devastation underscored by events at... more
Повсюдність місцевого самоврядування є важливим принципом, який доцільно реалізувати шляхом внесення змін до Конституції України. Значною мірою даний принцип може бути реалізований і за чинного конституційно-правового регулювання.... more
Pulau Sangiang merupakan taman wisata alam mempuyai letak strategis yang terletak di selat sunda dikenal dengan julukan Seven Wonders of Banten, karena letaknya yang strategis mempunyai potensi sebagai tempat wisata dan secara ekonomi... more
УДК 349.414 ПЕРСПЕКТИВИ ЗАПРОВАДЖЕННЯ ТРИВИМІРНОГО ЗЕМЕЛЬНОГО КАДАСТРУ В УКРАЇНІ: СКЛАДНОЩІ МІЖГАЛУЗЕВОГО ПРАВОВОГО РЕГУЛЮВАННЯ Артем Ріпенко, заступник начальника відділу правової експертизи юридичного департаменту Одеської міської ради,... more
This essay aims to consider the proprietary limits of those particular licences that arise through ‘contract’, and as a brief aside to look at the implications of those limits as regards licences that the court may award in the event of a... more
A discussion on the implications of the decision in Thomas & Arau Village Council v AG of Guyana & Guyana Geology & Mines Commission, GY 2009 HC 7 (HC Guy). Referencing relevant case-law and statute(s), addressing the impact on land... more
Sumário: I Relatório -II Fundamentação -III Conclusão I Relatório O Município de ***, por meio de seu procurador, submete à apreciação desta especializada Consultoria o questionamento acerca da possibilidade de regularização fundiária de... more
what is the major cause of land degradation in third world countries
Necessity to Improve the System of Titles to Land Относительно необходимости усовершенствование системы прав на земельные участки Мірошниченко А.М., д.ю.н., проф., зав. кафедри земельного та аграрного права юридичного факультету... more
Зобов'язальне право найму (оренди) та інше використання чужих земельних ділянок від імені володільця у зобов'язальних відносинах Серед випадків, коли є потреба у використанні землі у зобов'язальних відносинах, насамперед можна виділити на... more
Στην παρούσα μελέτη αντιμετωπίζονται ζητήματα που άπτονται της ευθύνης του Προϊσταμένου Κτηματολογικού Γραφείου κατά την άσκηση των καθηκόντων του. Ειδικότερο αντικείμενο της μελέτης αποτελεί η έρευνα της τυχόν στοιχειοθέτησης ευθύνης... more
Analyse the causes of the land war. Why did it occur when it did, and how well do current explanations account for it?' When studying Ireland in the 19 th and 20 th centuries, the two main questions or difficulties that arise during these... more
Contemporary debates around the ontological turn have pitted efforts to take indigenous ontologies seriously against demands to make visible the forms of dispossession and environmental suffering that characterize the (post)colonial and... more
Sol – Ressource – Non fongibilité – Immobilier – Financiarisation – Opacité – Observation – Patrimoine – Appropriation – Segmentation du marché – Usus, fructus, abusus – Bouquet de droits – Cadastre – Tragédie des communs – Propriété... more
This paper discussed involvement and role of Valuation Surveyors or Real Estate Valuers in the process of determination of real estate values for national taxation purposes. Valuation Surveyors either in public or private sectors have... more
This paper is a discussion in relation to the legal formula for native title set out in Mabo (No 2) 1992, with a number of references to ' Irene Watson, 'Buried Alive' (2000) Law and Critique 263.
Buying land in Nigeria is nearly always a good idea. This is because the return on investment is almost always guaranteed. However, before taking that bold step, there are quite a few things to do. This brief write-up aims to highlight... more
This book, authored by a senior Indian Administrative Service officer having extensive first-hand knowledge of land administration, fills the existing gap of research in the field of land registration and maintenance of... more
The Book Reviewed:

The Toda Landscape: Explorations in Cultural Ecology

Tarun Chhabra

New Delhi: Orient Blackswan Private Ltd., 2015.

618 pp. ISBN 978-81-250-6160-1. Price: ₹2500
Drawing on an ethnographic analysis of communities living in the vicinity of industrial tuna fishing and processing facilities in Madang Province, Papua New Guinea (PNG), this chapter explores and critiques some of the claims which are... more
"Land Law, Citizenship and the Invention of 'Englishness': The Strange World of the Equity of Redemption". Co-authored with Ronnie Warrington. In John Brewer and Susan Staves (eds.), Early Modern... more
In this article, we analyse the history of land dealing in Hong Kong from 1843 onwards and also its current situation. Almost all land in Hong Kong vests in the State and there is, with the exception of St. John's Cathedral, no privately... more
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