Essays about: "customary land"

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  1. 16. 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. 17. 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. 18. Governing indigenous territories in the Peruvian Amazon : placing people or forest first?

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

    Author : Josefin Egerlid; [2015]
    Keywords : communities; conservation; indigenous; Kechwa-Lamista; native; territory; title;

    Abstract : The current competition for land in the Peruvian Amazon presents a challenge to many indige-nous communities which do not have legal ownership over their customary lands. In response to this challenge, several actions have been taken by indigenous groups to gain possession over forest areas which they consider as part of their ancestral territories. READ MORE

  5. 19. 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

  6. 20. Effects of the addax bioenergy investment on female farmers´rights to land and their livelihoods in BombaliI District, Sierra Leone

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Benjamin Sesay; [2015]
    Keywords : Large-scale Land Acquisition; Rights to Land; Customary Laws; Sierra Leone; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Attempts to promote women’s rights to land in Sub-Saharan Africa have attracted attention in both academia and from an international development perspective. Female Farmers (FFs) in Bombali district in northern Sierra Leone gain access to farmland through male heritages under customary practices. READ MORE