Bringing the Law Back in
Essays in Land, Law and Development

Bringing together the two fields of land reform and law, this volume examines the role the law and lawyers can, should and do play in developing countries in the evolution of land policies, in land tenure reform, and in the reform of land use and urban planning.

Bringing together the two fields of land reform and law, this volume examines the role the law and lawyers can, should and do play in developing countries in the evolution of land policies, in land tenure reform, and in the reform of land use and urban planning. Providing both a theoretical and practical perspective it discusses the role of law in both urban land reform, concentrating on reforms in land use and town and country planning law, and general national land reform, looking at specific case studies and at more general themes. It aims to provide a coherent set of ideas and philosophies about land reform through the medium of law, which have been developed through reflection and action over a considerable period of time.

Options: land policy - a framework for analysis and action
the urban land question
law and urban development - impediments to reform
only the name of the country changes - the diaspora of "European" land law in Commonwealth Africa
the best laid schemes o' mice an men - reflections on the diaspora of English planning law in Africa and Asia
bringing the law back in
urban law in Africa and the habitat agenda. Operations: the role of law in urban planning and land development
planning law in the Commonwealth Caribbean
a legal framework for planning and development control - alternative methods for the madras Metropolitan area
land tenure, the urban poor and the law in Bangladesh - implementing the habitat agenda
making law work - restructuring land relations in Africa
as good as it gets - politics and markets in the reform of Uganda's land law
land in the city - the role of law in reforming urban land markets.