Search for dissertations about: "land rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 81 swedish dissertations containing the words land rights.

2. 1. Defining, Regulating and Balancing Rights : A Constitutional Law Study of Indigenous Peoples' Rights to Land and Natural Resources in the Russian Federation

   Author : Åsa Elmerot; Anna Jonsson Cornell; Karin Åhman; Stig Solheim; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Russian Federation; Russia; Russian Constitution; Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation; indigenous peoples; land rights; property rights; proportionality; Konstitutionell rätt; Constitutional Law;

   Abstract : Article 69 of the Russian Constitution proclaims that the Russian Federation shall guarantee the rights of indigenous minority peoples in accordance with generally recognized principles and norms of international law (in essence, customary international law), as well as international treaties of the Russian Federation. Furthermore, under Article 15(4) of the Constitution, international law is an integral part of the Russian legal system. READ MORE

4. 2. Mineral Rights : Legal Systems Governing Exploration and Exploitation

   Author : Eva Liedholm Johnson; Hans Mattsson; Barbro Julstad Julstad; Kauko Viitanen; KTH; []
   Keywords : TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER; ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY; Mineral Rights; mineral legislation; exploration permit; claim; exploitation- mining concession; lease; Civil engineering and architecture; Samhällsbyggnadsteknik och arkitektur;

   Abstract : The objective of this thesis is to examine the legal procedures and systems concerning granting or possessing mineral rights, and how such rights may be exercised, particularly given the diametric interests of land use, ownership and land tenure. The study, comparative in its nature, aims at highlighting the similarities and differences between the countries and states of comparison, and thereby identify interesting solutions of issues relating to the granting and exercising of mineral rights. READ MORE

5. 3. Land Rights and Expropriation in Ethiopia

   Author : Daniel Weldegebriel Ambaye; Thomas Kalbro; Jaap Zevenbergen; KTH; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Land Rights; Expropriation; Compensation;

   Abstract : This study examines and analyses the expropriation laws and practices in Ethiopia. The objective of the thesis is to analyze and describe the land rights and expropriation laws in Ethiopia and to compare them with the practice in order to determine the fairness of compensation. READ MORE

6. 4. Changing Customary Land Tenure Regimes in Tanzania : The case of women's land rights in matrilineal and patrilineal communities

   Author : Jenesta Aikaeli Elisa Urassa; Jenny Paulsson; John Lupala; Peter Ekbäck; Faustin Maganga; KTH; []
   Keywords : customary land tenure; property rights; legislations; titling; women; sedvanerätt till mark; markrättigheter; lagstiftning; äganderätt; kvinnor; Fastigheter och byggande; Real Estate and Construction Management;

   Abstract : Customary land tenure is a dominant system in agrarian societies and in Africa generally,which is evolving from communal to individual regimes in response to socio-economicissues. Various studies have paid attention to economic incentives of shifting communaltenure into private property, while ignoring social implication of such changes. READ MORE

7. 5. Land, Power and Technology : Essays on Political Economy and Historical Development

   Author : Shuhei Kitamura; Torsten Persson; Jakob Svensson; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Development Economics; Political Economy; History; Land Reform; Property Rights; Technology Adoption; Labor Reallocation; Structural Transformation; Clientelism; States; Empires; Borders; Geography; State Fragmentation; Economics; nationalekonomi;

   Abstract : Land Ownership and Development: Evidence from Postwar JapanThis paper analyzes the effect of land ownership on technology adoption and structural transformation. A large-scale land reform in postwar Japan enforced a large number of tenant farmers who were cultivating land to become owners of this land. READ MORE