African Customary Land Rights in a Private Ownership Paradigm

dc.contributor.authordu Plessis, Elmien
dc.contributor.authorFrantz, Gino
dc.coverage.countrySouth Africaen_US
dc.coverage.regionAfricaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-06-24T17:34:36Z
dc.date.available2013-06-24T17:34:36Z
dc.date.issued2013en_US
dc.description.abstract"With the advent of constitutionalism in South Africa, customary law is elevated to a position where it now is recognized alongside legislation and the common law as one of the sources of law. This is a major shift from the previous position, where customary law was only recognized in as far as it was easily ascertainable with sufficient certainty or codified, and then only applied when it was not in conflict with the common law. Despite the constitutional imperatives for the recognition of customary law, and interpretation that is in conformity with the constitution (that includes the recognition of customary law), the courts seem reluctant to do so. This paper will look at the South African courts' interpretation of ownership of land held in terms of customary law, and will aim at providing alternative interpretations to 'ownership' of customary land. "en_US
dc.identifier.citationconfdatesJune 3-7en_US
dc.identifier.citationconferenceCommoners and the Changing Commons: Livelihoods, Environmental Security, and Shared Knowledge, the Fourteenth Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of the Commonsen_US
dc.identifier.citationconflocMt. Fuji, Japanen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10535/8873
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.subjectcustomary lawen_US
dc.subjectproperty rightsen_US
dc.subjectIASC
dc.subject.sectorLand Tenure & Useen_US
dc.titleAfrican Customary Land Rights in a Private Ownership Paradigmen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
dc.type.methodologyCase Studyen_US
dc.type.publishedunpublisheden_US

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