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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780801503321

Autore

Van der Walt A. J (Andries Johannes), <1956->

Titolo

Property in the margins / / AJ van der Walt

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Pub, , 2009

ISBN

1-4742-0063-X

1-84731-510-0

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (302 p.)

Disciplina

349.68

Soggetti

Right of property - South Africa

Eviction - South Africa

Landlord and tenant - South Africa

Property - South Africa

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Inlcludes bibliographical references (pages 249-262) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Property in a transformative setting -- Property in the center : the rights paradigm -- Eviction in the rights paradigm -- Eviction in the landlord-tenant law -- Eviction of unlawful occupiers -- Limitations on eviction in other contexts -- Conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

Having its origins in the process of transformation and land reform that began to take shape in South Africa at the end of the last century, this strikingly original analysis of property starts from deep inside the property regime and not from a distant or abstract perspective on property rules and practices. Focusing on issues of stability and change in a transformative setting and on the role of tradition and legal culture in that context, the book argues that a property regime, including the system of property holdings and the rules and practices that entrench and protect them, tends to ins