In the land of the chiefs : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in peri-urban Ghana / / Janine Marisca Ubink
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| Autore: |
Ubink Janine M. <1976->
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| Titolo: |
In the land of the chiefs : customary law, land conflicts, and the role of the state in peri-urban Ghana / / Janine Marisca Ubink
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| Pubblicazione: | [Leiden], : Leiden University Press, 2008 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| 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: | 9789048502202 |
| 9048502209 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910960572903321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
| Opac: | Controlla la disponibilità qui |
Serie:
Law, Governance, and Development Dissertations