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Customary Justice Institutions and Local ADR: What kind of protection can they offer to customary landholders?
Published by: Leiden University Press
State Courts and the Regulation of Land Disputes in Ghana: the Litigants Perspective?
Published by: IDS
The majority of land in Ghana is still held under a diversity of customary tenures, embedded in family, community and chiefly institutions; but land disputes may be adjudicated in a variety of institutions: informal arbitrations and family tribunals, chiefs' courts, quasi-legal state agencies and the formal state courts.
Making Law Matter: Rights, Rules and Security in the Live of the Poor
Published by: IDS
After a hiatus, law has re-emerged onto the international development agenda. A number of reasons are suggested: first, the 'good governance' policies advocated by the international donor community see reform of the state and its relations with society as key elements in promoting market-led growth.
Decentralisation and Poverty-Alleviation in Developing Countries: A Comparative Analysis or, is West Bengal Unique?
Published by: IDS
Advocates of decentralisation in developing countries argue that bringing government closer to the people will make it more responsive and hence more likely to develop policies and outputs which meet the needs of ordinary citizens - the majority of whom are 'the poor'.
Strengthening Democratic Governance in Conflict Torn Societies: Civic Organisations, Democratic Effectiveness and Political Conflict
Published by: IDS
What is the role of civil society organisations in helping to build more effective democracy in societies which have recently emerged from violent civil conflict? To some extent, the answers depend on how the terms 'civil society' and 'democracy' are defined.