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Contemporary housing issues in a globalized world / edited by Padraic Kenna ; Rachelle Alterman [and twelve others], contributors.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Kenna, Padraic.
- Series:
- Law, Property and Society
- Law, property and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Right to housing.
- Housing--Law and legislation.
- Housing.
- Squatters--Legal status, laws, etc.
- Squatters.
- Land tenure--Law and legislation.
- Land tenure.
- Right to housing--Europe.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Surrey, England ; Burlington, Vermont : Ashgate, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today's globalized housing systems. The book takes up the challenge of developing a new paradigm, working towards the possibility of an alternative future. Revolving around three constellations of writing by diverse contributors, each chapter sets out a clear and developed approach to contemporary housing issues. The major themes considered are: the crisis in mortgage market regulation; housing rights; and an examination of responses to the decline and regeneration of inner cities, legal issues around squatting
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 A Legal Perspective of the Origin and the Globalization of the Current Financial Crisis; 3 Comparing Mortgage Law in Ireland and Spain; 4 Mortgage Foreclosure and Housing Rights in Spain: Crisis or General Deception?; 5 Housing Rights in Europe: The Council of Europe Leads the Way; 6 Housing Rights in Constitutional Legislation: A Conceptual Classification; 7 Independent Living for People with Disabilities in Kenya: Charting the Way Forward
- 8 Public Interest Law and Regeneration: The Case of Ballymun Community Law Centre9 From Individual to Collective Squat: Economic Theory and the Regulation of Squatting; 10 Housing Ladders and Snakes; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-315-57383-0
- 1-317-16084-3
- 1-317-16083-5
- 1-4724-1538-8
- 9781315573830
- OCLC:
- 870244462
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