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Barak Valley is situated in the southern part of the Indian state of Assam.
The legal recognition of private land ownership -- Conclusion -- Notes -- PART V: Land reform in China to the 1930s -- 12. Too little, too late: China catching up on land registration in the 1930s -- Compiling the cadastral record -- Ownership under the Land Law -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese characters -- Index.
"Employing precise geographical information system (GIS) mapping of land ownership and land use, Donahue describes how the land was settled and how mixed husbandry was developed in Concord. By reconstructing several farm neighborhoods and following them through many generations, he reveals a diverse sustainable farming system of tillage, orchards, pastures, hay meadows, and woodlots that required careful management of soil and water. Donahue concludes that ecological degradation came to Concord only later, when nineteenth-century economic and social forces undercut the environmental balance that earlier colonial farmers had nurtured."--BOOK JACKET.
In this thesis I investigate the manner in which land was occupied in the Cape Colony by pastoral indigenous communities, colonial governments and non-indigenous settlers, and the significant role these patterns of occupation played in the development of land law in the colony until the end of the nineteenth century. This investigation shows that pastoral indigenous communities had customary law rights in the land they occupied as grazing in terms of their customary law systems long before the colonial period commenced. These communities were gradually dispossessed of these rights during the colonial period. Non-indigenous persons occupied and obtained rights in land in terms of the domestic law system that was developing in the colony. They dispossessed indigenous communities of their customary law rights in land used as grazing when they occupied it for agricultural purposes. However, their rights in land used as grazing were very similar to the customary law rights of indigenous communities in such land. Consequently, a system of overlapping occupation of land used as grazing developed, particularly in the Northern Cape. The domestic land law system of the Cape Colony was gradually abolished by reforms introduced by the British colonial government after 1813. These reforms were aimed at transforming land in the entire Cape Colony into an asset that could be exploited for the benefit of the British Empire. By introducing the English common law doctrine of tenures the British colonial government could claim all waste land as private law property of the Crown. The actual dispossession of land used as grazing by pastoral indigenous communities was caused by legislation adopted in the colony during the nineteenth century. Under the present constitutional dispensation this type of legislation is regarded as racially discriminatory. The purpose of this thesis is to show that to address and reverse the effect of dispossession of the customary law rights in land of pastoral indigenous communities the constitutional land reform programme must be extended to include measures to rectify the dispossession of such rights. This approach ensures that colonial dispossession of land is also addressed, not only dispossession caused by apartheid legislation.
" The European colonial powers imposed their land laws on many countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America. These were often at variance with indigenous customs regulating land use. After attaining independence the new states mostly adhered to the colonial laws and did not revert to earlier customary law. The present volume contains contributions to a conference supported by the European Science Foundation and held at the Internationales Wissenschaftsforum Heidelberg in November 1991. The countries discussed by the authors include several West African states, India and Indonesia in Asia and Mexico and Surinam in Latin America. The volume should be of interest to anthropologists and historians as well as to law scholars. Dietmar Rothermund ist Professor für die Geschichte Südasiens am Südasien-Institut der Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg. Jap de Moor arbeitet am Centre for the History of European Expansion, Universität Leiden, Niederlande. "
In this thesis I investigate the manner in which land was occupied in the Cape Colony by pastoral indigenous communities, colonial governments and non-indigenous settlers, and the significant role these patterns of occupation played in the development of land law in the colony until the end of the nineteenth century. This investigation shows that pastoral indigenous communities had customary law rights in the land they occupied as grazing in terms of their customary law systems long before the colonial period commenced. These communities were gradually dispossessed of these rights during the colonial period. Non-indigenous persons occupied and obtained rights in land in terms of the domestic law system that was developing in the colony. They dispossessed indigenous communities of their customary law rights in land used as grazing when they occupied it for agricultural purposes. However, their rights in land used as grazing were very similar to the customary law rights of indigenous communities in such land. Consequently, a system of overlapping occupation of land used as grazing developed, particularly in the Northern Cape. The domestic land law system of the Cape Colony was gradually abolished by reforms introduced by the British colonial government after 1813. These reforms were aimed at transforming land in the entire Cape Colony into an asset that could be exploited for the benefit of the British Empire. By introducing the English common law doctrine of tenures the British colonial government could claim all waste land as private law property of the Crown. The actual dispossession of land used as grazing by pastoral indigenous communities was caused by legislation adopted in the colony during the nineteenth century. Under the present constitutional dispensation this type of legislation is regarded as racially discriminatory. The purpose of this thesis is to show that to address and reverse the effect of dispossession of the customary law rights in land of pastoral indigenous communities the constitutional land reform programme must be extended to include measures to rectify the dispossession of such rights. This approach ensures that colonial dispossession of land is also addressed, not only dispossession caused by apartheid legislation.
In Colonial Lives of Property Brenna Bhandar examines how modern property law contributes to the formation of racial subjects in settler colonies and to the development of racial capitalism. Examining both historical cases and ongoing processes of settler colonialism in Canada, Australia, and Israel and Palestine, Bhandar shows how the colonial appropriation of indigenous lands depends upon ideologies of European racial superiority as well as upon legal narratives that equate civilized life with English concepts of property. In this way, property law legitimates and rationalizes settler colonial practices while it racializes those deemed unfit to own property. The solution to these enduring racial and economic inequities, Bhandar demonstrates, requires developing a new political imaginary of property in which freedom is connected to shared practices of use and community rather than individual possession.
This text focuses on the history of the development of law in relation to the public lands , the colonial land systems, the origin of the public domain, and the conflicting interests generating change in land policy from colonial times to the 20th century. As a special feature it discusses the legal aspects of mineral resources exploitation.
As a celebration of Anne Thurston’s pioneering work on records and archives management as an essential basis for demonstrating integrity in government, this excellent volume brings together scholars and practicing archivists to discuss key issues around records as evidence for accountability, transparency and the protection of citizens’ rights. Never before have authors from the developing and developed worlds come together to explore the intersection of records management, public administration and international development. The book covers Thurston’s work, the importance of records management for effective governance and digital records management and preservation in developing countries. Case studies from across Africa enhance the theoretical and practical perspectives taken by the authors. This book is essential reading for scholars and students interested in records management and good governance around the world.