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• Large-scale land acquisitions : a historical perspective / Laurence Roudart and Marcel Mazoyer
• States as actors in international agro-investments / Martin Keulertz and Eckart Woertz
• The role of property rights in the debate on large-scale land acquisitions / Olivier De Schutter
• The impact of larger-scale agricultural investments on communities in South-East Asia : a first assessment / James Zhan, Hafiz Mirza and William Speller
• Sweet and bitter : trajectories of sugar cane investments in northern Luzon, the Philippines, and Aceh, Indonesia, 2006-13 / Mohamad Shohibuddin, Maria Lisa Alano and Gerben Nooteboom
• Marginal land or marginal people? Analysing patterns and processes of large-scale land acquisitions in South-East Asia / Peter Messerli, Amaury Peeters, Oliver Schoenweger, Vong Nanhthavong and Andreas Heinimann
• From lagging behind to losing ground : Cambodian and Laotian household economy and large-scale land acquisitions / Christophe Gironde and Gilda Senties Portilla
• 'Better-practice' concessions? Lessons from Cambodia's leopard-skin landscape / Michael B. Dwyer, Emily Polack and Sokbunthoeun So
• Identifying and monitoring human rights violations associated with large-scale land acquisitions : a focus on United Nations mechanisms and South-East Asia / Christophe Golay
• Large-scale land acquisitions in Cambodia : where do (human rights) law and practice meet? / Ioana Cismas and Patricia Paramita
• Large-scale land acquisitions, livelihoods and human rights in South-East Asia / Christophe Gironde and Christophe Golay.

This book examines large-scale land acquisitions, or land grabbing, with a focus on South-East Asia. Thematic papers and detailed case studies put this phenomenon into specific historical and institutional contexts, analysing transformations in livelihoods, human rights impacts, and potential remedies.".
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• Consent not coercion : rethinking the taking of land for 'development' / Connie Carter
• International law response to land grabbing in Asia / Surya P. Subedi
• How land grabs are made 'constitutional' in China / Qianfan Zhang
• Il-legality with Chinese characteristics : how administrative litigation addresses land grabs-related issues in China / Jing Qian
• The legal design of land grabs : possession and the state in post-conflict Cambodia / Daniel Fitzpatrick
• Indonesia's land acquisition law : towards effective prevention of land grabbing? / Laurens Bakker and Gustaaf Reerink
• Winners and losers : land grabbing in the new Myanmar / Connie Carter
• Peninsular Malaysia's customary lands : how does legal paternalism facilitate land grabs? / Yogeswaran Subramaniam
• Land grabs in Sabah, Malaysia : customary rights as legal entitlement for indigenous peoples, real or illusory? / Mariam N. Munang
• Perspectives on land grabs in Vietnam / Toan Le
• Transnational state responsibility for human rights violations resulting from global land grabs / Sumithra Dhanarajan.

Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term "land grabbing", ordinary people whose livelihoods are adversely affected by land grabbing know exactly what it is. It involves the physical capture and control of land and homes, including the usurpation of the power to decide how and when these will be used and for what purposes - with little or no prior consultation or compensation to the displaced communities. This thought-provoking book defines land grabbing, and examines aspects of the land grabs phenomenon in seven Asian countries, researched and written by country-specific legal scholars. The book provides unique perspectives on how and why land grabbing is practised in China, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia, and explores the surprising role that law plays in facilitating and legitimizing land grabs in each country. In contrast to most of the literature which law focuses on foreign investors' rights under international law, here the focus is on domestic laws and legal infrastructures. Finding that Asian States need to move beyond existing regimes that govern land to a regime that encourages more equitable land rights allocation and protection of stakeholders' rights, the book urges further research in the nexus between the use of law to facilitate development. Land Grabs in Asia is the first book to explore land grabbing in multiple jurisdictions in Asia. As such, it will appeal to students and scholars of law and development, law and society, and international relations, as well as being essential reading for development policy-makers and government ministers.
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• 1. Consent not coercion: Rethinking the taking of land for 'development' Connie Carter
• 2. International law response to land grabbing in Asia Surya Subedi
• 3. How land grabs are made 'constitutional' in China Zhang Qianfan
• 4. Il-legality with Chinese characteristics: How administrative litigation addresses land grabs in China Qian Jing
• 5. The legal design of land grabs: Possession and the State in post-conflict Cambodia Daniel Fitzpatrick
• 6. Indonesia's Land Acquisition Law: towards effective prevention of land grabbing? Laurens Bakker and Gustaaf Reerink
• 7. Winners and losers: Land grabbing for foreign investment in the new Myanmar Connie Carter
• 8. Peninsular Malaysia's 'customary lands': How does legal paternalism facilitate land grabs? Yogeswaran Subramaniam
• 9. Land grabs in Sabah, Malaysia: Customary rights as legal entitlement for indigenous peoples: Real or illusory? Mariam N. Munang
• 10. Perspectives on land grabbing in Vietnam Toan Le
• 11. Transnational State responsibility for human rights violation resulting from global land grabs Sumithra Dhanarajan.
• (source: Nielsen Book Data)

Although there is no universally accepted definition of the term "land grabbing", ordinary people whose livelihoods are adversely affected by land grabbing know exactly what it is. It involves the physical capture and control of land and homes, including the usurpation of the power to decide how and when these will be used and for what purposes - with little or no prior consultation or compensation to the displaced communities. This thought-provoking book defines land grabbing, and examines aspects of the land grabs phenomenon in seven Asian countries, researched and written by country-specific legal scholars. The book provides unique perspectives on how and why land grabbing is practised in China, India, Pakistan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia, and explores the surprising role that law plays in facilitating and legitimizing land grabs in each country. In contrast to most of the literature which law focuses on foreign investors' rights under international law, here the focus is on domestic laws and legal infrastructures. Finding that Asian States need to move beyond existing regimes that govern land to a regime that encourages more equitable land rights allocation and protection of stakeholders' rights, the book urges further research in the nexus between the use of law to facilitate development. Land Grabs in Asia is the first book to explore land grabbing in multiple jurisdictions in Asia. As such, it will appeal to students and scholars of law and development, law and society, and international relations, as well as being essential reading for development policy-makers and government ministers.
(source: Nielsen Book Data)

• 1. Resolving land disputes in East Asia: exploring the limits of law John Gillespie and Hualing Fu-- Part I. Theorizing Land Disputes in Socialist Asia:
• 2. Property rights, commodification, and land disputes in contemporary Socialist Asia Frank Upham-- Part II. China Case Studies:
• 3. Legal and institutional analysis of land expropriation in China Lei Chan--
• 4. The judicial role in land-taking cases Jie Cheng--
• 5. Contending conceptions of ownership and property in urbanizing China Eva Pils--
• 6. What does Wukan offer? Land-taking, law, and dispute resolution Hualing Fu--
• 7. Protest-supported housing demolition litigation and social change in China Xin He--
• 8. Courts and political stability: mediating rural land disputes Hau Shao and Susan Whiting--
• 9. Power and rule by law in rural China: state-initiated mediation in land disputes Changdon Zhang and Christopher Heurlin-- Part III. Vietnam Case Studies:
• 10. An historical overview of Vietnamese land law and dispute resolution Toan Le and Nguyen Hung Quang--
• 11. Narrating law disputes in three Vietnamese communities John Gillespie-- Part IV. Taiwan Case Studies:
• 12. An overview of Taiwanese land law and dispute resolution Po-Fang Tsai and Duan Lin--
• 13. Customary law and modern society: land disputes of Jisigongye (ancestral worship property) in Taiwan Duan Lin and Po-Fang Tsai-- Part V. Hong Kong Case Studies:
• 14. An overview of Hong Kong land law and dispute resolution Say H. Goo--
• 15. The small house policy and Tso and Tong land: finding the interface between State and customary land in Hong Kong Say H. Goo--
• 16. Flexibly applying the law to regulate illegal buildings in Hong Kong Alice Lee.
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Economic development and mass urbanization have unleashed unprecedented levels of land disputes in East Asia. In China and Vietnam especially, courts and other legal institutions struggle to find lasting solutions. It is against this background of legal failure that this book brings together leading scholars to understand how state agencies, land users and land developers imaginatively engage with each other to resolve disputes. Drawing on empirically rich case studies, contributors explore the limits of law and legal institutions in resolving land disputes and reveal insights into how key actors in East Asia understand land disputes. Their studies reveal promising dispute resolution practices and point to the likely ways that states will deal with land disputes in the future.
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