Essays about: "Customary Laws"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 27 essays containing the words Customary Laws.

  1. 6. Poverty reduction through land titling : A study about the economic effects of the Malawi national land policy

    University essay from KTH/Fastigheter och byggande

    Author : Anna Engblom; August Isacsson; [2019]
    Keywords : Land Titling; Land Investment; Credit Access; Economic Growth; Poverty Reduction;

    Abstract : Access to land is vital for providing our basic needs. According to earlier research, private landtitles are a prerequisite for secure land rights and are vital for enabling sustainable economicgrowth and poverty reduction. In Malawi, where a majority of the land is customary, newlaws have been enacted, but not yet implemented. READ MORE

  3. 7. Albania, a place where long-standing traditions devised a nation : The Kanun of Lek Dukagjini is alive and kicking

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Arjana Lugaj; [2018]
    Keywords : albania; kanun; law; blood revenge; identity;

    Abstract : Albania is a young democratic country that is still learning how to move forward. Albania has lived under regimes not democratically chosen for centuries: the Ottoman Empire before and the Communist regime than. READ MORE

  4. 8. The Legal Framework Regulating Polygamy in Ethiopia: An Assessment In Light of Liberal Feminist Legal Theory and International Human Rights Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Dureti Fulas; [2018]
    Keywords : Polygamy; Ethiopia s legal framework; International Human Rights standards; Liberal feminist legal perspective; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the Ethiopian laws governing polygamy in light of international human rights law standards and liberal feminist legal perspective. The international human rights law regime calls for the abolishment of polygamy through general comments/recommendations issued by the CEDAW and ICCPR treaty bodies. READ MORE

  5. 9. Legal Family Definitions and the Right to Refugee Family Reunification. A comparative Study on Ethiopia and Sweden.

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Miriam Nygren; [2016-04-25]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study is an evaluation on the right to refugee family reunification, aiming to find if and how the right is provided in Ethiopia and in Sweden. The main focus is to critically look into the question of which circle of persons are entitled to the right of refugee family reunification. READ MORE

  6. 10. The story of a post-feminist in post-patriarchy : the consequences of customary laws and practices on rural women’s land rights and livelihoods in Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Clement Peter Kopweh; [2016]
    Keywords : sustainability science; patriarchy; rural women; customary laws; poverty; livelihood; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : In rural Tanzania, customary laws and practices have for over 50 years been the major constraints of women’s land rights and livelihood. According to customs, a man has inherent powers to own and control land, and he is considered to be the rightful heir of such resource, and a woman is not. READ MORE