Land, law and politics in Africa : mediating conflict and reshaping the state / edited by Jan Abbink, Mirjam de Bruijn.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Abbink, J.

Bruijn, Mirjam de, 1962-

Hesseling, Gerti.

Series:

African dynamics ; 10.

African dynamics ; v. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Land tenure--Africa.

Land tenure.

Land use, Rural--Government policy--Africa.

Land use, Rural.

Law--Africa.

Law.

Customary law--Africa.

Customary law.

Economic development--Africa.

Economic development.

Conflict management--Africa.

Conflict management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (396 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents a wide selection of studies on the issues of law, land dispute and conflict (mediation) in Africa, reconsidering the role of state agents and other actors in these matters. The focus is on analyzing how citizens, state institutions and concerned (inter)national actors aim to find solutions to disputes, tension and conflict that are part of social life. The authors have approached the subject of Land, Law and Politics in Africa from a variety of disciplinary angles. The issues at stake comprise land access and land use, state politics and democratization efforts, the relationship between constitutional/state law and customary law, the challenges of urban and rural conflicts, border issues and the conceptions of (human) rights. On the basis of new empirical studies, the authors plead for a more holistic perspective on the above issues and on developmental policy in general. The book has 15 chapters in four thematic parts, focusing on historical and cultural aspects of politics and authority; land law and land disputes; constitutionalism and politics; and conflict studies. The volume is also a tribute to the work of Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009), a Dutch Africanist with a successful career as a scholar of constitutional and land law, focusing on West Africa.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn

Introduction / Jan Abbink

Partenariat et interdisciplinarité: / Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan and Mahaman Tidjani Alou

Historical and Cultural Aspects / Aspects Historiques et Culturelles Cultural models of power in Africa / Walter van Beek

Human rights in the traditional legal system of the Nkoya people of Zambia / Wim M.J. van Binsbergen

‘Sons of the soil’: / Peter Geschiere

How can Africa develop? Reflections on theories, concepts and realities / Patrick Chabal

Land Issues and Economics / Problemes Fonciers et L’economie L’économie sociale et solidaire pour stimuler le développement ascendant et endogène / Abdou Salam Fall

Land conflicts in Senegal revisited: / Mayke Kaag , Yaram Gaye and Marieke Kruis

‘More punitive penalties should be given to urban farmers’: / Romborah R. Simiyu and Dick Foeken

Settling border conflicts in Africa peacefully: / Piet Konings

Politics and Constitutional Law / Politique et Droit Constitutionnel Democracy deferred: / Jan Abbink

La production d’un nouveau constitutionnalisme en Afrique : / Babacar Kanté

Le juge constitutionnel et la construction de l’Etat de droit au Sénégal / Fatima Diallo

Sur les traces du droit vivant dans le labyrinthe du droit foncier et des pratiques locales au Mali / Moussa Djiré

The Challenges of Law and Conflict / Les Défis de Droit Face au Conflits Effectuating normative change in customary legal systems: / Janine Ubink

Decentralization and the articulation of local and regional politics in Central Chad / Han van Dijk

Conflict mobility and the search for peace in Africa / Mirjam de Bruijn and Egosha E. Osaghae

Appendix: Bibliography of prof. dr Gerti Hesseling / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn

List of authors / Jan Abbink and Mirjam de Bruijn.

Notes:

"This project was envisaged as a testimony to the inspirational legacy of Professor Gerti Hesseling (1946-2009), the Dutch legal scholar and Africanist"--Introduction.

Includes bibliography of the works of Gerti Hesseling.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-283-33486-0

9786613334862

90-04-21806-8

OCLC:

776660427

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004218062 DOI