02723nam 2200589 a 450 991078191900332120230721032243.090-485-0220-9(CKB)1000000000486827(EBL)420041(OCoLC)232301512(SSID)ssj0000177902(PQKBManifestationID)11177537(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000177902(PQKBWorkID)10219215(PQKB)10366500(MiAaPQ)EBC3327124(MiAaPQ)EBC420041(Au-PeEL)EBL3327124(CaPaEBR)ebr10302637(Au-PeEL)EBL420041(EXLCZ)99100000000048682720091019d2008 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrIn the land of the chiefs[electronic resource] customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in peri-urban Ghana /Janine Marisca Ubink[Leiden] Leiden University Press20081 online resource (257 p.)Leiden University Press series on law, governance, and development dissertationsDescription based upon print version of record.90-8728-041-6 Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246).Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Ch. 1: Introduction: land, customary 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, GhanaCh. 6: Courts and peri-urban practice: customary land law in Ghana Ch. 7: Conclusion: stool land management and the quest for customary law; References; Samenvatting (Dutch Summary); Curriculum vitaeThis book studies practices of land management in peri-urban Ghana where traditional leadership forms a vibrant part of social lifeLaw, Governance, and Development DissertationsLand tenureLaw and legislationGhanaLand useGhanaLand tenureLaw and legislationLand use333.3Ubink Janine M.1976-866615MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910781919003321In the land of the chiefs3752263UNINA