The invisible line : land reform, land tenure security and land registration / Henri A.L. Dekker.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Dekker, Henri A. L., 1940-

Series:

International land management series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure.

Land reform.

Land titles--Registration and transfer.

Land titles.

Right of property.

Physical Description:

ix, 219 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]

Contents:

1 Invisible Lines

1.1 The Nature of Invisible Lines

1.1.1 Invisibility Made Visible 1

1.1.2 Invisible Features 2

1.1.3 Invisible Lines Lost and Found 3

1.2 Where Do You Live?

1.2.1 The 'Written' Line 4

1.2.2 Hunger and Land Distribution 5

1.2.3 Redrawing Invisible Lines 6

1.2.4 Land Reform Programs 7

1.2.5 Poverty, Hunger and Invisible Lines 8

1.3 Invisible Lines as a Tool to Battle Hunger

1.3.1 Hunger and Politics 9

1.3.2 State Policies 10

1.3.3 Sustainable Development 12

1.4 Why Create (More) Invisible Lines?

1.4.1 Land, Food and Shelter 13

1.4.2 Access to Land 14

1.4.3 Concern for the Environment 15

1.4.4 An Impulse to Agricultural Production 16

1.4.5 No Standard Solution 17

1.5.1 A Technological Approach; Legal Engineering and Institution Building 18

1.5.2 Private Ownership and Common Lands 20

2 Land and Rights to Land

2.1 Land

2.1.2 The Authority over Land 23

2.1.3 Elasticity of Land 24

2.2 Rights to Land

2.2.1 Protection of Rights to Land 25

2.2.2 Rights to Land may be Non-Transferable 26

2.3 Significance of Rights to Land

2.3.1 Land Parcels 27

2.3.2 A New Approach to Rights to Land 28

3 Property

3.1 Property, Rights to Property, and Property Regime

3.2 The Various Functions of Property

3.2.1 The Social Significance of Property 33

3.2.2 Property as a Social Relationship 34

3.3 Landed Property

3.3.1 Land and Prosperity 35

3.3.2 Urbanization 36

3.3.3 Industrialization 37

3.3.4 Continued Importance of Landed Property 38

3.4 Property, Market Economy, and Economic Development

3.4.1 The Standard Model 38

3.4.2 Market Economy and Landed Property 39

4 Land Tenure

4.1 Land Tenure and Holding Rights to Land

4.1.1 Holding Rights to Land 43

4.1.2 Evolution in The Holding of Rights to Land 46

4.1.3 What, Who, How, Where, and When 47

4.1.4 Absolute or Relative Rights to Land 48

4.1.5 Rural and Urban Land 49

4.1.6 Land Tenure Perceptions 50

4.1.7 Change of Land Tenure Regimes 50

4.1.8 Land Tenure and the Role of the State 51

4.2 Land Tenure (In-)Security

4.2.1 Tenure (In-)Security 54

4.2.2 Change in Tenure Security 55

4.2.3 Various Aspects of Security of Land Tenure 56

4.3 Improving Land Tenure Security

4.3.1 Looking for Improvement of Land Tenure Security 58

4.3.2 Documented Land Tenure 60

4.3.3 Legal Framework for New Land Tenure Security 62

4.4 Common Lands

4.4.1 The Essence of Common Land 63

4.4.2 From Common Land to Private Land? 65

4.4.3 The African Challenge for Legal Engineering 66

4.5 Re-Adjusting the Approach Toward Land Tenure

4.5.1 Resilience and Revival of Customary or Indigenous Property Regimes 67

4.5.2 Renewed Attention for Communal and Customary Land Tenure 68

4.6 Legal Pluralism

4.6.1 More than one Legal System 70

4.6.2 Customary Tenure Versus Statutory Tenure 72

4.7 Land, Vegetation, Soil and Air; A Different Tenure Regime

4.7.1 Various Concepts and Tenure Objects 74

4.7.2 Various Property Regimes 74

5 Land Reform

5.1 Non-Evolutionary Change of Land Tenure

5.1.1 Land Reform and Agrarian Reform 77

5.1.2 No Standard Land Reform Formula 78

5.1.3 Understimated Requirements for Successful Land Reform 80

5.2 Motives for Land Reform

5.2.1 Political Reasons for Land Reform 82

5.2.2 Economic Growth Paradigm 83

5.2.3 Structuralism, Dependency and Liberation Theology 83

5.2.4 Land Reform and the Environment 85

5.3 Land Reform in Several Regions of the World

5.3.1 Latin-American Countries 88

5.3.2 Land Reform in Africa 90

5.3.3 Land Reform under Communist Rule 91

5.3.4 Land Reform Activities in Former Communist Countries 94

5.3.5 Land Reform in South East Asia 99

5.4 Land Reform Results and Expectations

5.4.1 Land Reform and Economic Development 102

5.4.2 Mixed Successes of Land Reforms 103

5.4.3 Evaluating Results of Land Reform 105

5.4.4 Decision-Making and Land Reform 106

5.5 Future of Land Reform

5.5.1 Land Reform for What? 107

5.5.2 Land; An Important Vehicle for Rural Development 108

5.5.3 Emphasis on Local Involvement 109

5.5.4 Introduction of Land Tax 110

5.5.5 Considerations about Land Reform to Change Land Tenure 111

5.5.6 Land Reform and Land Consolidation 113

5.5.7 Land Reform and Land Registration 116

6 Land Registration

6.1 Land Registration Systems; A Concise Historical Introduction

6.1.1 Roots of Land Registration Systems 121

6.1.2 Implementation of a Land Registration 123

6.1.3 Land Law and Religion 125

6.1.4 Land Registration and Commerce 126

6.1.5 Families of Law 127

6.1.6 Land Rights in Different Law Families 128

6.1.7 Peculiar Terms Used in Land Registration 130

6.1.8 'Absolute' Land Rights 131

6.1.9 Land Administration and Land Registration 132

6.2 Purpose of Land Registration

6.2.1 Land Registration as a Tool 135

6.2.2 Various Functions and Differences in Data Accuracy 137

6.3 Non-Documented Rights to Land

6.3.1 Customary Rights to Land 138

6.3.2 Considerations for Documented Land Rights 139

6.3.3 Cause of Dual Legal Systems 140

6.3.4 A Drive to Register Non-Documented Rights to Land 141

6.4 Evolution of Documented Rights to Land

6.4.1 Monuments and Curses 142

6.4.2 Clay Tables 143

6.4.3 Levying Land Tax 144

6.4.4 Data on 'Land' 145

6.4.5 Transfers of Rights to Land 146

6.4.6 Mortgages 147

6.5 Positive and Negative Land Registration Systems

6.5.1 A Comparative Review 148

6.5.2 The Position of the Registrar 151

6.6 Registration Resulting in Title Certificates

6.6.1 The 'Torrens' System 153

6.6.2 Introduction of Title Registration in England and Wales 154

6.6.3 Some Remarks about Registration of Titles 155

6.7 Negative Systems of Land Registration

6.7.1 Land Registrations Based on Deeds as Evidence 160

6.7.2 Complications in the Registration of Deeds 161

6.7.3 Conversion of Land Registrations 163

6.7.4 The Specific Situation in Former Communist Countries 164

6.8 Cadastre

6.8.1 The Origin of Cadastres 166

6.8.2 Use of the Term Cadastre 168

6.9 Cadastral Map and Cadastral Survey

6.9.1 Cadastral Maps and Topographical Maps 169

6.9.2 Linking the Cadastral Maps and the Registers 171

7. Specific Aspects of Land Registration

7.1 Title Insurance

7.1.1 An Extraordinary System of Insurance 173

7.1.2 Title Companies 174

7.1.3 Indemnification by Title Insurance 175

7.2 Main Characteristics of Land Registration

7.2.1 Documents and Customs 175

7.2.2 Titles or Deeds 176

7.2.3 What is the Purpose? 177

7.3 Evolution in Land Registration and Cadastre

7.3.2 Various Cadastral Systems and their Legal Differences 180

7.3.3 Land Registration Systems in the USA 182

7.3.4 Parcel Identifiers 185

7.3.5 Parcel Based Registration of Deeds 189

7.4 Integrity of Land Data

7.4.1 Computerization 191

7.4.2 Land Data Exchange 192

7.4.3 A Multi-Layer Approach 194

7.5 Boundaries

7.5.1 Cadastral Boundaries and Topographical Features 196

7.5.2 Registered, Guaranteed, Fixed, and General Boundaries 198.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-205) and index.

ISBN:

0754636372

OCLC:

52047478