Land as a Human Right : a History of Land Law and Practice in Tanzania.

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Rwegasira, Abdon
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Mkuki na Nyota Publishers, 2012.
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover; Title page; Copyright page; Contents; Dedication; Foreword; Preface; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter One
  • Human Rights Movementand the Right to Land in Tanzania; A General Overview on Political Discourse over the Right to Land; Land Question in Historical Perspective; Land Conflicts Arising from Colonial Occupation in Africa; The Concept of Human Rights: A General Overview; Land as a Human Right: The Position in International Law; Land as a Human Right: The Law and Practice in Tanzania; Chapter Two
  • Land Law Reforms and Tenure Systems in Tanzania.
  • Land, Land Tenure and Land Law ReformsThe Concept of Land; Land Tenure; Land Law Reforms; The Pre-Colonial Land Tenure Systems in Tanzania; Pre-Colonial Relations of Production; Pre-Colonial Land Tenure System; Tenure Systems and Land Law Reforms under German Colonial Rule; Tenure Systems and Land Law Reforms under British Rule; The Post-Independence Land Question; Nyerere's Conception of Land; Customary Tenure Extinction: The Role of the Arusha Declaration andother Subsequent Developments; The Eye of the Courts towards Customary Tenure Up to the Mid-1990s.
  • Toward a New Hope: Shivji Commission and the Debate on Land Lawin TanzaniaThe Land Acts as the New Land Law of Tanzania; Chapter Three
  • Land Delivery Systems:The Acquisition of Land; Land Allocation by the State; Land Acquisition by Purchase; Land Acquisition by Adverse Possession; Land Acquisition by Inheritance; Land Acquisition by Gift; Co-occupancy and Partition; Rights and Obligations of the Holder of a Right of Occupancy; Easement and Analogous Rights; Chapter Four
  • Land Delivery Syetems: Dispositionof Land or Interests in Land; Land Transfer by Sale.
  • Transfer of Land Interests by LeaseTransfer of Land Interests by Mortgage; Compulsory Acquisition of Land by the State; Chapter Five
  • Succession and the Lawof Inheritance in Tanzania; Testacy, Intestacy and Freedom of Testation; Laws of Inheritance and their Scope of Application; Rules of Procedure in the Administration of Estate; Powers and Duties of Administrators of Estates; The Role of an Administrator-General in Administration of Estate; Chapter Six -Women and the Right to Land in Tanzania; The International Law Jurisprudence on Women's Right to Land.
  • The Domestic Jurisprudence on Women's Right to Land before theLand ActsNational Jurisprudence on Women's Right to Land under the Land Acts; Chapter Seven
  • The Right to Land of the IndigenousMinorities in Tanzania; General Comments; International Concern on the Right to Land of Indigenousand Minority People; The Tanzanian Jurisprudence on the Right to Landof the Indigenous Minorities; Chapter Eight -The Right to Compensation; The Right to Compensation in International Law; Compensation and the Law in Tanzania; Grey Areas in the Realization of the Right to Compensation.
  • Chapter Nine
  • Land Disputes, Litigation and the Role ofCourts in Tanzania.