Dispossession and access to land in South Africa : an African perspective / Michael A. Yanou.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yanou, Michael A. (Michael Akomaye)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land reform--South Africa.

Land reform.

Land tenure--Government policy--South Africa.

Land tenure.

Right of property--South Africa.

Right of property.

Compensation (Law)--South Africa.

Compensation (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (143 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Mankon, Bamenda : Langaa Research & Pub. CIG, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book deals with the conceptualization of access to land by the dispossessed in South Africa as a human right. Yanou examines the country's property model in the context of the post apartheid constitutional mandate to redress the skewed land distribution of the past. The book reviews the strengths and weaknesses of the land restitution process as well as the question of the payment of just and equitable compensation for land expropriated for restitution. It also reviews the phenomenon of land invasion and quality of access to land enjoyed by the South African black woman under the present

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Acknowledgement; Contents; Preface; Chapter One - Land: history and perspectives; Chapter Two - Land dispossession; Chapter Three - Land rights as human rights; Chapter Four - The constitutional property clause Property in the interim constitution; Chapter Five - Accessing land in post-apartheid South Africa; Chapter Six - Compensation; Chapter Seven - Land redistribution; Chapter Eight - Conclusion and recommendations; Bibliography; Notes; Back Cover

Notes:

Rev. ed. of the author's thesis (Ph. D. (Law)--Rhodes University, 2005), under title: Access to land as a human right : the payment of just and equitable compensation for dispossessed land in South Africa.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 101-110).

ISBN:

1-283-19804-5

9786613198044

9956-715-75-1

9956-715-87-5

9956-615-01-3

OCLC:

830165056