Land Reform and Customary Rights: The Case of Uganda
Land Reform and Customary Rights: The Case of Uganda
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土地改革和习惯权利：乌干达的案例
DOI：
10.1017/s0021855300012043
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发表时间：
2000
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0.4
通讯作者：
S. Coldham
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作者：
S. Coldham
本文探讨了乌干达1998年的《土地法》，该法旨在改变全国各地的土地关系，一劳永逸地解决了马洛土地“所有者”和“承租人”的相对权利这一棘手问题，并规定了人们可以申请传统所有权证书或申请其土地的永久保有权的程序。虽然该法承认，在某些地区，土地由社区持有可能更为合适，但长期目标是，大多数土地应按个人终身保有权持有。然而，这种所有权的可转让性因各种旨在保护习惯权利的规定而受到损害。
This article examines the Ugandan Land Act, 1998, which seeks to transform land relations throughout the country both by settling once and for all the vexed question as to the relative rights of “owners” and “tenants” of mailo land, and by providing procedures whereby persons may apply either for certificates of customary ownership or for freehold titles to their land. While the Act recognizes that in some areas it may be more appropriate for land to be held communally, it is the long-term aim that most land should be held on individual freehold title. However, the negotiability of such a title is undermined by a variety of provisions designed to protect customary rights.