Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One The Nature and Future of Customary Law
- Part Two Ascertainment, Application, and Codification of Customary Law
- Part Three The Role and Power of Traditional Authorities
- Part Four Customary Land, Property Rights, and Succession
- 13 Entrapment or Freedom
- 14 Romancing Customary Tenure
- 15 Reform of the South African Customary Law of Succession
- Part Five Customary Criminal Law
- Part Six Customary Law, Human Rights, and Gender Equality
- Index
- References
14 - Romancing Customary Tenure
Challenges and Prospects for the Neo-Liberal Suitor
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 February 2012
Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part One The Nature and Future of Customary Law
- Part Two Ascertainment, Application, and Codification of Customary Law
- Part Three The Role and Power of Traditional Authorities
- Part Four Customary Land, Property Rights, and Succession
- 13 Entrapment or Freedom
- 14 Romancing Customary Tenure
- 15 Reform of the South African Customary Law of Succession
- Part Five Customary Criminal Law
- Part Six Customary Law, Human Rights, and Gender Equality
- Index
- References
Summary
Introduction
The importance of land-based resources for developing nations cannot be over-emphasized. Much as development in the global North is mostly associated with free trade, privatization of state enterprises, and security of private property rights, for developing nations, in particular sub-Saharan Africa, the achievement of development depends substantially on access to land and the uses to which such land is put. Security of tenure is therefore central to these ends. By virtue of its potential to attract investment and enhance rural livelihoods, tenure security represents the key ingredient to achieve economic growth and poverty reduction for sub-Saharan Africa.
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- The Future of African Customary Law , pp. 312 - 335Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011
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