| Description |
1 online resource (230 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Law, governance, and development. Research |
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Law, governance, and development. Research.
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| Contents |
Intro -- Contents -- Abbreviations -- Contesting land and custom in Ghana: Introduction -- Ancestral property: Land, politics and 'thedeeds of the ancestors' in Ghana and Coˆte d'Ivoire -- The changing face of customary land tenure -- Traditional ambiguities and authoritarian interpretations in Sefwi land disputes -- Chiefs, earth priests and the state: Irrigation agriculture, competing institutions and the transformation of land tenure arrangements in Northeastern Ghana -- Customary justice institutions and local Alternative Dispute Resolution: What kind of protection can they offer to customary landholders? -- Struggles for land in peri-urban Kumasi and their effect on popular perceptions of chiefs and chieftaincy -- Risks and opportunities of state intervention in customary land management: Emergent findings from the Land Administration Project Ghana -- References -- Archives -- List of contributors -- Index |
| Summary |
A critical examination of customary land tenure in Ghana, based on case studies and vital in the integration of customary institutions into the framework of state land administration |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-222) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Land tenure -- Ghana
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Ghana
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Right of property -- Ghana
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Land use -- Ghana
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Jurisprudence and general issues.
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Law and society.
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Law.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Real Estate -- General.
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Land tenure
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Land tenure -- Law and legislation
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Land use
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Right of property
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Ghana
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ubink, Janine M., 1976-
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Amanor, Kojo, 1956-
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| ISBN |
9789048506088 |
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9048506085 |
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9789087280475 |
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9087280475 |
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9048506093 |
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9789048506095 |
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1281988316 |
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9781281988317 |
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9786611988319 |
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6611988319 |
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