Land as a human right : a history of land law and practice in Tanzania / Abdon Rwegasira.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rwegasira, Abdon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--Law and legislation--Tanzania.

Land reform.

Land use--Tanzania.

Land use.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

On the importance of judicial independence.

Contents:

""Cover ""; ""Title page ""; ""Copyright page ""; ""Contents ""; ""Dedication ""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface ""; ""Abbreviations and Acronyms""; ""Introduction ""; ""Chapter One - Human Rights Movement and the Right to Land in Tanzania""; ""A General Overview on Political Discourse over the Right to Land""; ""Land Question in Historical Perspective""; ""Land Conflicts Arising from Colonial Occupation in Africa""; ""The Concept of Human Rights: A General Overview""; ""Land as a Human Right: The Position in International Law""; ""Land as a Human Right: The Law and Practice in Tanzania""

""Chapter Two - Land Law Reforms and Tenure Systems in Tanzania """"Land, Land Tenure and Land Law Reforms""; ""The Concept of Land""; ""Land Tenure""; ""Land Law Reforms""; ""The Pre-Colonial Land Tenure Systems in Tanzania""; ""Pre�Colonial Relations of Production""; ""Pre-Colonial Land Tenure System""; ""Tenure Systems and Land Law Reforms under German Colonial Rule""; ""Tenure Systems and Land Law Reforms under British Rule""; ""The Post-Independence Land Question""; ""Nyerere�s Conception of Land""

""Customary Tenure Extinction: The Role of the Arusha Declaration and other Subsequent Developments""""The Eye of the Courts towards Customary Tenure Up to the Mid-1990s""; ""Toward a New Hope: Shivji Commission and the Debate on Land Law in Tanzania""; ""The Land Acts as the New Land Law of Tanzania""; ""Chapter Three - Land Delivery Systems: The Acquisition of Land""; ""Land Allocation by the State""; ""Land Acquisition by Purchase""; ""Land Acquisition by Adverse Possession""; ""Land Acquisition by Inheritance""; ""Land Acquisition by Gift""; ""Co-occupancy and Partition""

""Rights and Obligations of the Holder of a Right of Occupancy""""Easement and Analogous Rights""; ""Chapter Four - Land Delivery Syetems: Disposition of Land or Interests in Land""; ""Land Transfer by Sale""; ""Transfer of Land Interests by Lease""; ""Transfer of Land Interests by Mortgage""; ""Compulsory Acquisition of Land by the State""; ""Chapter Five - Succession and the Law of Inheritance in Tanzania""; ""Testacy, Intestacy and Freedom of Testation""; ""Laws of Inheritance and their Scope of Application""; ""Rules of Procedure in the Administration of Estate""

""Powers and Duties of Administrators of Estates""""The Role of an Administrator-General in Administration of Estate""; ""Chapter Six - Women and the Right to Land in Tanzania""; ""The International Law Jurisprudence on Women�s Right to Land""; ""The Domestic Jurisprudence on Women�s Right to Land before the Land Acts""; ""National Jurisprudence on Women�s Right to Land under the Land Acts""; ""Chapter Seven - The Right to Land of the Indigenous Minorities in Tanzania""; ""General Comments""; ""International Concern on the Right to Land of Indigenous and Minority People""

""The Tanzanian Jurisprudence on the Right to Land of the Indigenous Minorities""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789987082087

9987082084

9781283639743

1283639742

9789987082148

9987082149

OCLC:

905997548