Making law work: restructuring land relations in Africa

Development and Change

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 525-552

  McAuslan, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; LAND REFORM; LAND TENURE; LEGAL SYSTEM;

AFRICA;

EID: 0031710898     PISSN: 0012155X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-7660.00088     Document Type: Article

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