Individualisation and the assault on customary tenure in Africa: Title registration programmes and the case of Somalia

Africa

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 484-515

  Besteman, Catherine ^a  

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EID: 84974230741     PISSN: 00019720     EISSN: 17500184     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/1161370     Document Type: Article

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