Southern African Development Community Land Issues : Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

ISBN-13: 9780415587044 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 288 str.

Ben Chigara

Opis

Contributors consider issues surrounding land ownership and land reform in the countries which comprise the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC). The book situates SADC land issues in their local, regional and international context at the start of the 21st century, exploring them from an inter-disciplinary perspective.

Spis treści

Part 1: Problematizing Southern African Development Community (SADC) Land Issues  1. Introduction, Ben Chigara  2. The Colonial Legacy in Land Rights in Southern Africa, Robert Home  3. Land Policy Developments and Setbacks in Southern Africa, Martin Adams and Rachael Knight  4. Land Resource Ownership and Use in ‘Africa of the Labour Reserves’ in the Southern African Development Community (SADC), Horman Chitonge  5. Land Issues before the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Tribunal: A Case for Human Rights?, Oliver C. Ruppel  Part 2: Juridical and Regulatory Challenges around SADC Land Issues  6. Indigenous Land Rights and Claims under International Law, Ilias Bantekas  7. The New Scramble for Africa: Towards a Human-Rights Based Approach to Large-Scale Land Acquisitions in the Southern African Development Community (SADC) Sub-Region, Jérémie Gilbert and David Keane  8. The land crisis in Southern Africa: Challenges on good governance, Hany Besada & Ariane Goetz 9. The Land Question in Zimbabwe: The Judiciary as an Instrument of ‘Recovery’? Alex T. Magaisa  10. Property Rights and Land Reform in Namibia, Sam K. Amoo and Sidney L. Harring

O autorze

Ben Chigara is Research Professor of International Laws at Brunel University, UK.