Roman water law in rural Africa: the unfinished business of colonial dispossession
This paper discusses four questions about the recent water law reforms in Sub-Saharan Africa, which strengthen permit systems. First, do permit systems continue to dispossess rural small-scale users, as intended by European colonizers who introduced principles of Roman law? Second, is it wrong to as...
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| Formato: | Journal Article |
| Lenguaje: | Inglés |
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Informa UK Limited
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58388 |
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