Where There is No Government: Enforcing Property Rights in Common Law Africa

Where There is No Government: Enforcing Property Rights in Common Law Africa

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 1-224

  Joireman, Sandra F ^a  

^a WHEATON COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Customary law; Economic development; Ghana; Housing; Institutions; Kenya; Land; Law enforcement; Non state actors; Property rights; State; Sub Saharan Africa; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855684433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199782482.001.0001     Document Type: Book

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