Reconciling moral and legal collective entitlement: Implications for community-based land reform

Land Use Policy

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 633-643

  Brown, Katrina Myrvang ^a  

^a SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Common property enactment; Community; Crofting; Land reform; Land reform (Scotland) Act 2003; Moral values; Property rights

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL LAND; COMMON PROPERTY RESOURCE; LAND REFORM; LAND RIGHTS; LAND USE CONFLICT; MORALITY; RURAL POLICY;

EURASIA; EUROPE; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 34047245298     PISSN: 02648377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.landusepol.2006.02.004     Document Type: Article

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