Essays about: "customary land issues"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words customary land issues.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. EU and International Treaties with Third Countries - Can EU fulfil legal expectations in areas of shared competence as IP under TTIP?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Morgan M E Broman; [2016]
    Keywords : International Law; Customary International Law; European Union; Competences; Intellectual Property; Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties; World Trade Organisation; World Intellectual Property Organisation; United Nations; Trade-Related aspects of Intellectual Property rights; IP; IPR; EU; WTO; UN; WIPO; VCLT; TRIPs; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Denna uppsats bygger på forskning inom den komplexa juridiska situationen bakom EU’s externa agerande och konflikten mellan externa och interna juridiska spörsmål inom områden med delad kompetens inom Unionen. EU’s lagstiftning, genom sin egen struktur, har en unik position inom hierarkin för rättskällor. READ MORE

  4. 3. Prometheus on the Fortunate Isles - A Human Ecological Study on Environment, Culture and Identity in Samoa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

    Author : Louise Nevander; Anna Nevander; [2015]
    Keywords : Customary lands; inalienable; human ecology; systems theory; Samoa; alienation; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The thesis is centered around an eight week long minor field study conducted on the Polynesian Islands of Samoa in 2010. Samoa is one of the worlds least developed countries according to the UN. However; people do not starve in Samoa. READ MORE

  5. 4. Climate Change and State Responsibility - Migration as a Remedy?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Lana Goral; [2014]
    Keywords : Public international law; international refugee law; theory of international law; state responsibility; migration; climate change; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Konsekvenserna av klimatförändringarna blir allt tydligare och det finns en bred enighet om att det kommer att påverka små östater i en så stor utsträckning att det kan tvinga hela befolkningar att migrera. Då frågan om klimatbetingad migration till stor är del oreglerad, syftar denna uppsats till att undersöka om stater skulle kunna utkräva statsansvar för bristande åtgärder för att bromsa växthuseffekten, om ett migrationsprogram skulle kunna beviljas som en form av åtgärd, samt om en stat praktiskt skulle kunna utkräva sådant ansvar. READ MORE

  6. 5. Recognition of Customary Tenure Rights in International Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Dan Andersson; [2012]
    Keywords : Human Rights; Customary Tenure; Tenure rights; Land rights; International law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : A tenure system is the way in which ownership of, or rights to, land is regulated. Such systems can be determined by statutes, agreed precedents or by customary norms. In Sub-Saharan Africa, pluralistic legal systems consisting of traditional customary law as well as received law are common. READ MORE