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  • Bringing the Law Back In

    Essays in Land, Law and Development

    Series series Routledge Revivals
    This title was first published in 2003. Bringing together the two fields of land reform and law, this volume examines the role the law and lawyers can, should, and do play in developing countries in the evolution of land policies, in land tenure reform, and in the reform of land use and urban planning. Providing both a theoretical and practical perspective it discusses the role of law in both ... Read more

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  • Land Law Reform in Eastern Africa: Traditional or Transformative?

    A critical review of 50 years of land law reform in Eastern Africa 1961 – 2011

    Series series Law, Development and Globalization
    Land Law Reform in East Africa reviews development and changes in the statutory land laws of 7 countries in Eastern Africa over the period 1961 – 2011. The book is divided into two parts. Part 1 sets up the conceptual framework for consideration of the reforms, and pursues a contrast between transformational and traditional developments; where the former aim at change designed to ensure social ... Read more

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    Travel Stories

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  • Discovering Indigenous Lands

    The Doctrine of Discovery in the English Colonies

    This book presents new material and shines fresh light on the under-explored historical and legal evidence about the use of the doctrine of discovery in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States. North America, New Zealand and Australia were colonised by England under an international legal principle that is known today as the doctrine of discovery. When Europeans set out to explore and ... Read more

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  • Property Rights and Climate Change

    Land use under changing environmental conditions

    Series series Routledge Complex Real Property Rights Series
    Property Rights and Climate Change explores the multifarious relationships between different types of climate-driven environmental changes and property rights. This original contribution to the literature examines such climate changes through the lens of property rights, rather than through the lens of land use planning. The inherent assumption pursued is that the different types of environmental ... Read more

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  • Children and Young People's Participation and Its Transformative Potential

    Learning from across Countries

    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    Bringing together theories, ideas, insights and experiences of practitioners and researchers from Brazil, India, South Africa and the UK, this book explores children and young people's involvement in public action. The contributors consider the potential of children and young people's participation to be transformative. ... Read more

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  • The Contested Murder of Latasha Harlins

    Justice, Gender, and the Origins of the LA Riots

    Helicopters patrolled low over the city, filming blocks of burning cars and buildings, mobs breaking into storefronts, and the vicious beating of truck driver Reginald Denny. For a week in April 1992, Los Angeles transformed into a cityscape of rage, purportedly due to the exoneration of four policemen who had beaten Rodney King. It should be no surprise that such intense anger erupted from ... Read more

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  • Thailand's Hidden Workforce

    Burmese Migrant Women Factory Workers

    Series series Asian Arguments
    Millions of Burmese women migrate into Thailand each year to form the basis of the Thai agricultural and manufacturing workforce.Un-documented and unregulated, this army of migrant workers constitutes the ultimate 'disposable' labour force, enduring gruelling working conditions and much aggression from the Thai police and immigration authorities. This insightful book ventures into a part of the ... Read more

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    Industry and Markets

    Series series Routledge Textbooks in Environmental and Agricultural Economics
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  • Southern African Development Community Land Issues

    Towards a New Sustainable Land Relations Policy

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    Freedom and Agency

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