Comparative Perspectives on Communal Lands and Individual Ownership: Sustainable Futures by Lee Godden (Editor), Maureen Tehan (Editor) - 2011-08-17

Paperback / softback. New. Comparative Perspectives on Communal Lands and Individual Ownership: Sustainable Futures addresses property and land title as central mechanisms governing access to communally-held land and resources. The collection assesses the effectiveness of property law and tenure models developed around concepts of individual ownership, for achieving long-term environmental and economic sustainability for indigenous peoples and local communities. It explores the momentum for change in the international realm, and then develops a comparative focus across Australia, North America, Africa, Peru, New Zealand and the Pacific region, examining the historical and current impacts of individuation of title on the customary law and practice of indigenous peoples and local communities. Themes of property, privatisation and sustainable communities are developed in theoretical analyses and case studies from these jurisdictions. The case studies throw into sharp relief how questions of land law and… Read More

Paperback / softback. New.

Cavendish Pub Ltd, 2011. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 400 pages. 9.25x6.25x1.00 inches.

Routledge-Cavendish. Paperback. New. 9x6x1.