Henri Dekker
In Pursuit of Land Tenure Security
Henri Dekker
In Pursuit of Land Tenure Security
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In Pursuit of Land Tenure Security is a unique book that takes the reader on an international tour of perceptions of land tenure security. It contains an anthology of essays based on contacts with people during assignments in various parts of the world over a period of several years. The essays describe the human pursuit for a higher level of land tenure security. Because land tenure security is a perception, the use of stories of human experience introduces the reader to an array of issues associated with land tenure, among them controversial approaches to providing land tenure security. In…mehr
In Pursuit of Land Tenure Security is a unique book that takes the reader on an international tour of perceptions of land tenure security. It contains an anthology of essays based on contacts with people during assignments in various parts of the world over a period of several years. The essays describe the human pursuit for a higher level of land tenure security. Because land tenure security is a perception, the use of stories of human experience introduces the reader to an array of issues associated with land tenure, among them controversial approaches to providing land tenure security. In this way the pursuit of land tenure security becomes a captivating story for anyone interested in land related policies, land related studies, and all those who have discovered the importance of protection of the rights to real property by people, all over the world.
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- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 270
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2006
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 435g
- ISBN-13: 9789085551119
- ISBN-10: 9085551110
- Artikelnr.: 23048612
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
- Seitenzahl: 270
- Erscheinungstermin: 21. Juni 2006
- Englisch
- Abmessung: 244mm x 170mm x 14mm
- Gewicht: 435g
- ISBN-13: 9789085551119
- ISBN-10: 9085551110
- Artikelnr.: 23048612
- Herstellerkennzeichnung
- Libri GmbH
- Europaallee 1
- 36244 Bad Hersfeld
- gpsr@libri.de
Dr. Henri Dekker is an independent consultant in land tenure and real property data management. His education in geodesy, economics and law was followed by a career as civil servant in the Netherlands. In 1982 he started his own consultancy firm and undertook numerous consultancy assignments in different parts of the world where he encountered many aspects of the human pursuit of land tenure security. He is also the author of Property Regimes in Transition (2003, originally published in 2001 as: A new Property Regime in Kyrgyzstan) and The Invisible Line (2003) published by Ashgate; London UK.
List of figures
10 Preface
12 Acknowledgement
20 1 PERCEPTION OF LAND TENURE SECURITY
22 1.1 A book on land tenure security
22 1.2 Hunger for land
24 1.3 Land reform is not new
26 1.4 Structure of the book
27 2 FIELDS, LAND, ACCESS TO LAND AND STEWARDSHIP OF LAND
32 2.1 Economics and rights to land
32 2.2 Land and sea
39 2.3 Stewardship
42 2.4 Is land transferable?
47 2.5 Are we tenants or owners?
49 2.6 Buying and selling of (rights to) land
53 2.7 Some land near Bethlehem?
57 2.8 Returning to Bethlehem
60 2.9 Part of a field near Bethlehem belonging to Boaz
63 2.10 Purchasing a parcel of land near Bethlehem
66 2.11 Just a field near Bethlehem in Judea?
68 3 PEOPLE IN TRANSITION
74 3.1 The chairman of the collective farm
74 3.2 Private individual ownership of rights to land
79 3.3 Urban property
84 3.4 Rural life
88 3.5 From customary to statutory land tenure
93 3.5.1 Questioning change
93 3.5.2 Introduction to statutory land tenure
95 3.5.3 Statutory land tenure together with customary rules?
98 3.6 Legal pluralism and self
rule
102 3.7 The practice of indigenous self
rule
106 3.7.1 Tuva
106 3.7.2 Northern Canada
109 3.7.3 What does self
rule mean in daily practice?
111 4 PRIVATIZATION OF FARMLAND IN FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
124 4.1 Reversing the collectivization of farmland
124 4.2 Sovchozy and kolchozy
125 4.3 Janis and Vaiva
128 4.4 Problems of large
scale farming
131 4.5 Legislation regulating land reform
133 4.6 Different land reform projects
135 4.7 Where are my (former) fields?
136 4.8 Limitations on the size of the land
138 4.9 Constraints for creating successful private farms
140 4.10 The actual process of de
collectivization
142 4.11 Institutional framework for restitution
144 4.12 Data on restituted land
149 4.13 Land registration/cadastre and a market economy
151 4.14 Opportunities to establish a land registration
154 4.15 Land reform; almost done?
155 4.16 Privatization in hindsight
157 5 RAPID RESULTS AND POSTPONED PROBLEMS OR THOROUGH RESEARCH AND SUSTAINED SOLUTIONS?
164 5.1 Land tenure and land reform
164 5.2 The economic growth paradigm and the food security paradigm
167 5.3 Land tenure change in post communist countries
168 5.4 A new approach to rights to common land
172 5.5 Development of land tenure systems
175 5.6 Danger of limited dimensional approaches
177 5.7 Individual ownership
179 5.8 Communal ownership
181 5.9 Individual and communal tenure systems
185 5.10 Evolutionary theory of land rights
186 5.11 Additional measures for sustainable solutions
190 5.12 The challenge: designing an idiosyncratic system
192 6 LAND TENURE SECURITY IN A UNITED EUROPE
198 6.1 Increased insecurity?
198 6.2 Second home or pie in the sky?
199 6.3 Registration of rights to land
203 6.4 Four types of land registration
207 6.5 Criteria for land registration to protect rights to land
209 6.6 Comprehensive comparison between positive and negative systems
213 6.7 Moment of transfer of rights to land
216 6.8 Security of rights to land offered by the government
218 6.9 Title insurance
220 6.10 Title insurance and existing land registrations
225 7 MEASURES AND LAND TENURE SECURITY
228 7.1 Measures
228 7.2 The metric system
232 7.3 Land registration in the USA
235 7.4 Economic interest
242 7.5 Landed property
245 7.6 The final decision maker
248 7.7 Pursuing land tenure security
250 Glossary
258 Index
266
10 Preface
12 Acknowledgement
20 1 PERCEPTION OF LAND TENURE SECURITY
22 1.1 A book on land tenure security
22 1.2 Hunger for land
24 1.3 Land reform is not new
26 1.4 Structure of the book
27 2 FIELDS, LAND, ACCESS TO LAND AND STEWARDSHIP OF LAND
32 2.1 Economics and rights to land
32 2.2 Land and sea
39 2.3 Stewardship
42 2.4 Is land transferable?
47 2.5 Are we tenants or owners?
49 2.6 Buying and selling of (rights to) land
53 2.7 Some land near Bethlehem?
57 2.8 Returning to Bethlehem
60 2.9 Part of a field near Bethlehem belonging to Boaz
63 2.10 Purchasing a parcel of land near Bethlehem
66 2.11 Just a field near Bethlehem in Judea?
68 3 PEOPLE IN TRANSITION
74 3.1 The chairman of the collective farm
74 3.2 Private individual ownership of rights to land
79 3.3 Urban property
84 3.4 Rural life
88 3.5 From customary to statutory land tenure
93 3.5.1 Questioning change
93 3.5.2 Introduction to statutory land tenure
95 3.5.3 Statutory land tenure together with customary rules?
98 3.6 Legal pluralism and self
rule
102 3.7 The practice of indigenous self
rule
106 3.7.1 Tuva
106 3.7.2 Northern Canada
109 3.7.3 What does self
rule mean in daily practice?
111 4 PRIVATIZATION OF FARMLAND IN FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
124 4.1 Reversing the collectivization of farmland
124 4.2 Sovchozy and kolchozy
125 4.3 Janis and Vaiva
128 4.4 Problems of large
scale farming
131 4.5 Legislation regulating land reform
133 4.6 Different land reform projects
135 4.7 Where are my (former) fields?
136 4.8 Limitations on the size of the land
138 4.9 Constraints for creating successful private farms
140 4.10 The actual process of de
collectivization
142 4.11 Institutional framework for restitution
144 4.12 Data on restituted land
149 4.13 Land registration/cadastre and a market economy
151 4.14 Opportunities to establish a land registration
154 4.15 Land reform; almost done?
155 4.16 Privatization in hindsight
157 5 RAPID RESULTS AND POSTPONED PROBLEMS OR THOROUGH RESEARCH AND SUSTAINED SOLUTIONS?
164 5.1 Land tenure and land reform
164 5.2 The economic growth paradigm and the food security paradigm
167 5.3 Land tenure change in post communist countries
168 5.4 A new approach to rights to common land
172 5.5 Development of land tenure systems
175 5.6 Danger of limited dimensional approaches
177 5.7 Individual ownership
179 5.8 Communal ownership
181 5.9 Individual and communal tenure systems
185 5.10 Evolutionary theory of land rights
186 5.11 Additional measures for sustainable solutions
190 5.12 The challenge: designing an idiosyncratic system
192 6 LAND TENURE SECURITY IN A UNITED EUROPE
198 6.1 Increased insecurity?
198 6.2 Second home or pie in the sky?
199 6.3 Registration of rights to land
203 6.4 Four types of land registration
207 6.5 Criteria for land registration to protect rights to land
209 6.6 Comprehensive comparison between positive and negative systems
213 6.7 Moment of transfer of rights to land
216 6.8 Security of rights to land offered by the government
218 6.9 Title insurance
220 6.10 Title insurance and existing land registrations
225 7 MEASURES AND LAND TENURE SECURITY
228 7.1 Measures
228 7.2 The metric system
232 7.3 Land registration in the USA
235 7.4 Economic interest
242 7.5 Landed property
245 7.6 The final decision maker
248 7.7 Pursuing land tenure security
250 Glossary
258 Index
266
List of figures
10 Preface
12 Acknowledgement
20 1 PERCEPTION OF LAND TENURE SECURITY
22 1.1 A book on land tenure security
22 1.2 Hunger for land
24 1.3 Land reform is not new
26 1.4 Structure of the book
27 2 FIELDS, LAND, ACCESS TO LAND AND STEWARDSHIP OF LAND
32 2.1 Economics and rights to land
32 2.2 Land and sea
39 2.3 Stewardship
42 2.4 Is land transferable?
47 2.5 Are we tenants or owners?
49 2.6 Buying and selling of (rights to) land
53 2.7 Some land near Bethlehem?
57 2.8 Returning to Bethlehem
60 2.9 Part of a field near Bethlehem belonging to Boaz
63 2.10 Purchasing a parcel of land near Bethlehem
66 2.11 Just a field near Bethlehem in Judea?
68 3 PEOPLE IN TRANSITION
74 3.1 The chairman of the collective farm
74 3.2 Private individual ownership of rights to land
79 3.3 Urban property
84 3.4 Rural life
88 3.5 From customary to statutory land tenure
93 3.5.1 Questioning change
93 3.5.2 Introduction to statutory land tenure
95 3.5.3 Statutory land tenure together with customary rules?
98 3.6 Legal pluralism and self
rule
102 3.7 The practice of indigenous self
rule
106 3.7.1 Tuva
106 3.7.2 Northern Canada
109 3.7.3 What does self
rule mean in daily practice?
111 4 PRIVATIZATION OF FARMLAND IN FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
124 4.1 Reversing the collectivization of farmland
124 4.2 Sovchozy and kolchozy
125 4.3 Janis and Vaiva
128 4.4 Problems of large
scale farming
131 4.5 Legislation regulating land reform
133 4.6 Different land reform projects
135 4.7 Where are my (former) fields?
136 4.8 Limitations on the size of the land
138 4.9 Constraints for creating successful private farms
140 4.10 The actual process of de
collectivization
142 4.11 Institutional framework for restitution
144 4.12 Data on restituted land
149 4.13 Land registration/cadastre and a market economy
151 4.14 Opportunities to establish a land registration
154 4.15 Land reform; almost done?
155 4.16 Privatization in hindsight
157 5 RAPID RESULTS AND POSTPONED PROBLEMS OR THOROUGH RESEARCH AND SUSTAINED SOLUTIONS?
164 5.1 Land tenure and land reform
164 5.2 The economic growth paradigm and the food security paradigm
167 5.3 Land tenure change in post communist countries
168 5.4 A new approach to rights to common land
172 5.5 Development of land tenure systems
175 5.6 Danger of limited dimensional approaches
177 5.7 Individual ownership
179 5.8 Communal ownership
181 5.9 Individual and communal tenure systems
185 5.10 Evolutionary theory of land rights
186 5.11 Additional measures for sustainable solutions
190 5.12 The challenge: designing an idiosyncratic system
192 6 LAND TENURE SECURITY IN A UNITED EUROPE
198 6.1 Increased insecurity?
198 6.2 Second home or pie in the sky?
199 6.3 Registration of rights to land
203 6.4 Four types of land registration
207 6.5 Criteria for land registration to protect rights to land
209 6.6 Comprehensive comparison between positive and negative systems
213 6.7 Moment of transfer of rights to land
216 6.8 Security of rights to land offered by the government
218 6.9 Title insurance
220 6.10 Title insurance and existing land registrations
225 7 MEASURES AND LAND TENURE SECURITY
228 7.1 Measures
228 7.2 The metric system
232 7.3 Land registration in the USA
235 7.4 Economic interest
242 7.5 Landed property
245 7.6 The final decision maker
248 7.7 Pursuing land tenure security
250 Glossary
258 Index
266
10 Preface
12 Acknowledgement
20 1 PERCEPTION OF LAND TENURE SECURITY
22 1.1 A book on land tenure security
22 1.2 Hunger for land
24 1.3 Land reform is not new
26 1.4 Structure of the book
27 2 FIELDS, LAND, ACCESS TO LAND AND STEWARDSHIP OF LAND
32 2.1 Economics and rights to land
32 2.2 Land and sea
39 2.3 Stewardship
42 2.4 Is land transferable?
47 2.5 Are we tenants or owners?
49 2.6 Buying and selling of (rights to) land
53 2.7 Some land near Bethlehem?
57 2.8 Returning to Bethlehem
60 2.9 Part of a field near Bethlehem belonging to Boaz
63 2.10 Purchasing a parcel of land near Bethlehem
66 2.11 Just a field near Bethlehem in Judea?
68 3 PEOPLE IN TRANSITION
74 3.1 The chairman of the collective farm
74 3.2 Private individual ownership of rights to land
79 3.3 Urban property
84 3.4 Rural life
88 3.5 From customary to statutory land tenure
93 3.5.1 Questioning change
93 3.5.2 Introduction to statutory land tenure
95 3.5.3 Statutory land tenure together with customary rules?
98 3.6 Legal pluralism and self
rule
102 3.7 The practice of indigenous self
rule
106 3.7.1 Tuva
106 3.7.2 Northern Canada
109 3.7.3 What does self
rule mean in daily practice?
111 4 PRIVATIZATION OF FARMLAND IN FORMER COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
124 4.1 Reversing the collectivization of farmland
124 4.2 Sovchozy and kolchozy
125 4.3 Janis and Vaiva
128 4.4 Problems of large
scale farming
131 4.5 Legislation regulating land reform
133 4.6 Different land reform projects
135 4.7 Where are my (former) fields?
136 4.8 Limitations on the size of the land
138 4.9 Constraints for creating successful private farms
140 4.10 The actual process of de
collectivization
142 4.11 Institutional framework for restitution
144 4.12 Data on restituted land
149 4.13 Land registration/cadastre and a market economy
151 4.14 Opportunities to establish a land registration
154 4.15 Land reform; almost done?
155 4.16 Privatization in hindsight
157 5 RAPID RESULTS AND POSTPONED PROBLEMS OR THOROUGH RESEARCH AND SUSTAINED SOLUTIONS?
164 5.1 Land tenure and land reform
164 5.2 The economic growth paradigm and the food security paradigm
167 5.3 Land tenure change in post communist countries
168 5.4 A new approach to rights to common land
172 5.5 Development of land tenure systems
175 5.6 Danger of limited dimensional approaches
177 5.7 Individual ownership
179 5.8 Communal ownership
181 5.9 Individual and communal tenure systems
185 5.10 Evolutionary theory of land rights
186 5.11 Additional measures for sustainable solutions
190 5.12 The challenge: designing an idiosyncratic system
192 6 LAND TENURE SECURITY IN A UNITED EUROPE
198 6.1 Increased insecurity?
198 6.2 Second home or pie in the sky?
199 6.3 Registration of rights to land
203 6.4 Four types of land registration
207 6.5 Criteria for land registration to protect rights to land
209 6.6 Comprehensive comparison between positive and negative systems
213 6.7 Moment of transfer of rights to land
216 6.8 Security of rights to land offered by the government
218 6.9 Title insurance
220 6.10 Title insurance and existing land registrations
225 7 MEASURES AND LAND TENURE SECURITY
228 7.1 Measures
228 7.2 The metric system
232 7.3 Land registration in the USA
235 7.4 Economic interest
242 7.5 Landed property
245 7.6 The final decision maker
248 7.7 Pursuing land tenure security
250 Glossary
258 Index
266