We research law as an instrument of social change.

The Land Acquisition Bill passed by both houses of Parliament awaits presidential nod before it becomes law and replaces the Land Acquisition ...

The main goal of the research project is to understand the consequences of the legal regime India has adopted to protect its indigenous peoples ...

Land is the foundation for the economic sustenance of indigenous peoples and for the continued survival of their cultures. One of the major ...

This study is commissioned by the World Bank as part of the bank's initiative to build capacity in governance and benefit streams management ...

A new Land Act introduced in Angola in 2004 demonstrates a genuine interest in the protection of the customary land rights of rural communities ...

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In India, the Schedule Tribes have remained on the fringes of growth, but less so in the majority tribal areas of the North East. This has increased ...

In Africa and Latin America the conditions of rights to land are commonly characterised by ambiguous rules and norms that are intimately connected to the construction and inequality of both national and local social structures and ethnic and religious identities.

See event on Facebook   0900 to 0930 REGISTRATION   0930 to 1000 WELCOME Prof. Siri Gloppen, Project Director and Professor, ...

Chris Maina Peter, Professor of Law at the University of Dar es Salaam and a well known human rights advocate and activist, championing the rights of the marginalised through legal advice and pro bono litigation.

Land policies are of fundamental importance to the wellbeing of and the economic opportunities open to rural people, good governance, and peaceful ...

We have used gender-disaggregated household panel data from 2007 and 2012 in combination with dictator games and hawk-dove games to assess ...

Different systems of land tenure in Ethiopia under Haile Selassie and their history are explained and their economic and social consequences ...

The article reviews the discussion on the issue of land reform within Zimbabwe and the various explanations advanced in the literature of why ...

What is the relationship between the change in the structure of land ownership and the dynamics of armed conflict in the Columbian Pacific, and how is it related to the planting and exploitation of palm oil?

Tanzania is a relatively new mining country, and mining has become a hotly debated issue in the country. There is a feeling among both local ...

The purpose of this review was to assist Norwegian People's Aid in adapting its Angola programme in view of reaching the objectives the organisation ...

This study analyses the current situation for the adibasis (indigenous) people in north-west Bangladesh. Since the independence, the adibasis ...

With the development of REDD (‘Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation’) policies, determining who can claim ...

The mapping of the chaning historical relationships between people, lands and identities in the central tribal belt of India and in north-eastern ...