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WRRC Bibliography

“Land law and the transition to capitalism: natural history of a Senegalese case study”
Snyder’s three papers above examine how land legislation in Senegal institutionalises the transition to capitalism.
“Land policy and tenure in South East Asia, 1995-2005”
This paper argues that land administration systems are now businesses. At one end of a wide spectrum land systems are being re=engineered engaging in business strategies, competition policies, and formal professional standards. At the other end, developing countries in Asia Pacific are being...
“Land reform and public land ownership in Senegal”
“Land rights in crisis: restoring tenure security in Afghanistan”
This study concludes that long years of misdirected policy have entrenched deeply inequitable and often unjust land ownership relations among tribes, between agricultural and pastoral systems and among feudally arranged classes of society. Attempts to remedy these have been poorly executed.
“Land tenure status of African women"
As mentioned in the introduction of the paper, “a primary focus of this paper will be an examination of how women’s rights to land are changing and evolving. However, descriptions of the nature of women's rights – how they are obtained, whether they are secure or insecure, exclusive or inclusive –...
“License to Kill: Honour Killings in Pakistan”

Pakistan has one of the highest incidences of honour killings in the world. This is a major human rights issue that has received little attention outside of human rights groups and women activist networks. This paper provides a critical reassessment of honour killings in Pakistan and argues that...

“Marital property in California and Indonesia: Community property and harta bersama”
One of the more notable features of Indonesian Islamic law is its recognition of the concept of jointly owned marital property which bears a striking similarity to the community property system in California. In both systems the marital estate consists of property acquired during the marriage...
“Mehar, neglected right of wife”
“Microcredit and women moneylenders: the shifting terrain of credit in rural Senegal”

This paper analyzes the new role rural Senegalese women play as moneylenders in their agrarian communities. The shifting terrain of local credit institutions parallels contemporary trends in rural development: state-led agricultural cooperatives, which were introduced in 1960, formerly bolstered...

“Muslim Clerics on the Religious Rulings Regarding Wife-Beating”

This report reviews the writings and statements of Muslim clerics and of other Islamic religious institutions that instead of condemning wife-beating, discuss it as a legitimate way of ‘disciplining’ the wife based on the Qur’an (4:34).