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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Main Authors:	van Koppen, Barbara, Zaag, P. van der, Manzungu, Emmanuel, Tapela, B.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	Inglés
Published:	Informa UK Limited 2014
Subjects:	rural areas gender water law water resources water management legal aspects colonialism smallholders income
Online Access:	https://hdl.handle.net/10568/58388