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Răspunderea juridică pentru încălcarea legislației funciare

Journal Articles & Books
December, 2016
Global

In that article it made an analysis of land legislation and legal doctrine on the liability of infringement and violation of rights of land that have connection with the land. The complexity of the investigation was expressed through forms of legal liability for illicit facts which are covered by several branches of law.

Particularitățile metodologice ale reglementării relaţiilor funciare agrare în Republica Moldova

Reports & Research
November, 2020
Global

Relațiile funciare, începând cu etapa inițială a dezvoltării statului, reprezintă un product al societății. În istoria statalității Republicii Moldova se vor găsi mai multe etape inițiale. Este important a sublinia că, indiferent de acest fapt, relațiile funciare au fost printre primele și cele mai importante în dezvoltarea societății. Prin aceasta, se constată și conținutul social al relațiilor funciare. Perioada vizată în prezentul studiu, include etapa stabilirii statalității Republicii Moldova, anii 1991-2018 – perioadă în care are loc formarea unor relații funciare evidente.

Land Administration System In Pakistan – Current Situation And Stakeholders’ Perception

Conference Papers & Reports
March, 2010
Pakistan

The current land administration system in Pakistan aims at land revenue assessment and tax collection for the fiscal purposes. This system is organised or structured on the traditional land registers and cadastral maps in paper formats, and their maintenance is mainly dependent on the hard works of the local land administrator so called “Patwari” at the grass-root level within his jurisdiction.

The Transformation of Land Law in Indonesia: The Persistence of Pluralism

Peer-reviewed publication
December, 2009
Indonesia

Transforming a pluralistic tenure system into unified statutory rights has been a major objective of the development of property law in many developing countries. Many law and development scholars have assumed that unified land rights are a pre-condition to development and that a pluralistic tenure land system is a major source of uncertainty and insecurity. This article challenges this commonly held assumption by way of a case study of Indonesia's effort to unify the laws governing land.

Realising women’s human rights in Malaysia

Peer-reviewed publication
March, 2015
Malaysia

Why do activist groups representing some of society’s most marginalized employ legalistic forms of ‘rights talk’ when the reality of securing rights via the judicial system is almost unimaginable? The article considers this question in relation to the work of the Malaysian non-governmental organisation (NGO) EMPOWER who, in 2011, produced the Malaysian Women’s Human Rights Report focusing attention on the rights of informal sector workers, refugees, sexual minorities and women’s rights under non-Islamic family law.

Islamic Law, Women's Rights, and Popular Legal Consciousness in Malaysia

Peer-reviewed publication
January, 2013
Malaysia

Drawing on original survey research, this study examines how lay Muslims in Malaysia understand foundational concepts in Islamic law. The survey finds a substantial disjuncture between popular legal consciousness and core epistemological commitments in Islamic legal theory. In its classic form, Islamic legal theory was marked by its commitment to pluralism and the centrality of human agency in Islamic jurisprudence. Yet in contemporary Malaysia, lay Muslims tend to understand Islamic law as being purely divine, with a single “correct” answer to any given question.

A Guide On Land And Property Rights In Pakistan

Reports & Research
November, 2012
Pakistan

‘A Guide on Land and Property Rights in Pakistan’ was designed and prepared to facilitate the basic understanding of the complex principles of the Pakistani land and revenue administration system. The first edition, printed in December 2011, was warmly received by lawyers, national civil society organisations, community leaders, local authorities, donor agencies, and international affairs organisations, engaged in relief, rehabilitation, development or other similar works that necessitate some basic understanding of the land administration system in Pakistan.

Women and Land in Pakistan

Reports & Research
November, 2017
Pakistan

Women have largely been excluded from the ownership and control of land in Pakistan, which is the single most important source of income and status in the agricultural economy. This systematic exclusion stems from multiple factors at both the policy and societal level, which include multiple and contradictory sources of law that fail to resolve the issue of women’s right to property as well as cultural bias and discriminatory practices that arise from the prevalent male-dominant mindset in rural areas.

LAND GOVERNANCE, LAND POLICY AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLE LAND USE AND ACCESS RIGHTS IN THE BRAZILIAN AMAZON AND MATOPIBA AFTER THE CONSTITUTION OF 1988.

Conference Papers & Reports
February, 2017
Latin America and the Caribbean
South America
Brazil

Internationally there are an alarming number of violations of indigenous peoples’ land and human rights. Brazil is currently under the spotlight as the heightening of the political crisis that led to the impeachment of Dilma Rousseff brings national and international concerns over the uncertainty related to changes in policy that may be adopted by the interim Government in relation to indigenous peoples land rights.