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

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Ubink, Janine M., 1976-

Series:

Law, Governance, and Development Dissertations

Leiden University Press series on law, governance, and development dissertations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Law and legislation--Ghana.

Land tenure.

Land use--Ghana.

Land use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

[Leiden] : Leiden University Press, 2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book studies practices of land management in peri-urban Ghana where traditional leadership forms a vibrant part of social life

Contents:

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

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Thesis (doctoral)--Leiden University.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-246).

ISBN:

9789048502202

9048502209

OCLC:

232301512