In the land of the chiefs [[electronic resource] ] : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in peri-urban Ghana / / Janine Marisca Ubink

• Autore: Ubink Janine M. <1976->
• Pubblicazione: [Leiden], : Leiden University Press, 2008
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Disciplina: 333.3
• Soggetto topico: Land tenure - Law and legislation - Ghana; Land use - Ghana
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246).
• Nota di contenuto: 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, Ghana ; Ch. 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 vitae
• Sommario/riassunto: This book studies practices of land management in peri-urban Ghana where traditional leadership forms a vibrant part of social life
• Titolo autorizzato: In the land of the chiefs
• ISBN: 90-485-0220-9
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910823986603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Law, Governance, and Development Dissertations