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Author Ubink, Janine Marisca, 1976-

Title In the land of the chiefs : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in peri-urban Ghana / Janine Marisca Ubink
Published [Leiden] : Leiden University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (254 pages)
Series Leiden University Press series on law, governance, and development dissertations
Leiden University Press series on law, governance, and development dissertations
Contents Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Ch. 1: Introduction: land, suctomary law, and traditional authorities; Untitled; Ch. 2: How to combine tradition and modernity? Regulating customary land management Ghana; Ch. 3: Land policies for tenure security or the reality of customary land management in peri-urbun Ghana; Ch. 4: Negotiated or negated? The rhetoric and reality of customary tenure in Ashanti village in Ghana; Ch. 5: Traditional authority revisited: popular perceptions of chiefs and chieftancy in peri-urban Kumasi, Ghana
Summary This book studies practices of land management in peri-urban Ghana where traditional leadership forms a vibrant part of social life
Notes doctoral Leiden University
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-246)
Notes With summary in Dutch
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Subject Land tenure -- Law and legislation -- Ghana
Land use -- Ghana
LAW -- Administrative Law & Regulatory Practice.
Land tenure -- Law and legislation
Land use
Landrechten.
Gewoonterecht.
Lokaal bestuur.
Stamhoofden.
Ghana
Ghana.
Genre/Form dissertations.
Academic theses
Proefschriften (vorm)
Academic theses.
Thèses et écrits académiques.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789048502202
9048502209