Go to AfricaBib home

Go to AfricaBib home AfricaBib Go to database home

bibliographic database
Line
Previous page New search

The free AfricaBib App for Android is available here

Periodical article Periodical article Leiden University catalogue Leiden University catalogue WorldCat catalogue WorldCat
Title:Land law as an instrument of social change
Author:Okon, E.
Year:1985
Periodical:Zambia Law Journal
Volume:17
Pages:46-64
Language:English
Notes:biblio. refs.
Geographic terms:Ghana
Nigeria
Kenya
Africa
Subjects:social change
land law
law
land tenure
Abstract:Using examples from Europe (England) and from Africa (Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya), the author traces the role of land law as an instrument of social change. In England changes in land law brought about corresponding changes in social life, and a feudalistic and static society was transformed into a dynamic and mobile one. In Africa, changes in the land tenure system have taken place as a result of the commercialization of agriculture. Commercialization of land has led to the prevalence of land disputes and costly litigation, as well as land speculation. Governments have progressively changed and modernized land law, both customary and statutory. Duality of tenure appears to be the basic trend, however, and until this trend is completely reversed, and land is viewed as a transferable commodity and a major means of production, the role of land law in promoting social change cannot be optimal. Notes, ref.
Views