02717oam 2200517 450 991021385090332120230621142845.090-485-0608-5(CKB)3710000001409284(MiAaPQ)EBC3327132(MiAaPQ)EBC420020(Au-PeEL)EBL420020(OCoLC)310566560(EXLCZ)99371000000140928420190210h20082008 fu| |engurm|#||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierContesting land and custom in Ghana state, chief and the citizen /edited by Janine M. Ubink and Kojo S. AmanorLeiden :Leiden University Press,c2008.1 online resource (230 pages) illustrations, maps; digital file(s)Law, governance, and development90-8728-047-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.Law, governance, and development.Research.Land tenureGhanaLand tenureLaw and legislationGhanaRight of propertyGhanaLand useGhanaLand tenureLand tenureLaw and legislationRight of propertyLand use301Ubink Janine MAmanor Kojo SUkMaJRUUkMaJRUBOOK9910213850903321Contesting land and custom in Ghana1939550UNINA