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Author:   Connie Carter (Royal Roads University, Canada) ,  Andrew Harding (Andrew Harding, National University of Singapore)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.453kg
ISBN:  

9781138554122

ISBN 10:   113855412
Pages:   212
Publication Date:   30 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

1. Consent not coercion: Rethinking the taking of land for ‘development’ 2. International law response to land grabbing in Asia 3. How land grabs are made ‘constitutional’ in China 4. Il-legality with Chinese characteristics: How administrative litigation addresses land grabs in China 5. The legal design of land grabs: Possession and the State in post-conflict Cambodia 6. Indonesia’s Land Acquisition Law: towards effective prevention of land grabbing? 7. Winners and losers: Land grabbing for foreign investment in the new Myanmar 8. Peninsular Malaysia’s ‘customary lands’: How does legal paternalism facilitate land grabs? 9. Land grabs in Sabah, Malaysia: Customary rights as legal entitlement for indigenous peoples: Real or illusory? 10. Perspectives on land grabbing in Vietnam 11. Transnational State responsibility for human rights violation resulting from global land grabs

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Connie Carter is Professor of Law & International Business in the Faculty of Management at Royal Roads University, Victoria, Canada. She is also a Barrister of Lincoln’s Inn, currently non-practising. Her research focuses on law and development, foreign direct investment and corporate social responsibility in China and South East Asia. Andrew Harding is a Professor in the Faculty of Law, National University of Singapore, where he is also Director of the Centre for Asia Legal Studies and Director of the Asia Law Institute. He is a leading scholar in the fields of Asian legal studies and comparative constitutional law, on which has published widely.

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