Land-Tenure Reform in Kenya
The Limits of Law
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4252964 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Simon Coldham (corresponding author), Simon F R Coldham |
| Year | 1979 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 615-627 |
| Publication date | 1979-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Modern African Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0022-278X • E-ISSN: 1469-7777 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0022278x00007473 |
| OpenAlex | W2069589143 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 22 |
| References cited | 1 |
Most Africans in Kenya have always lived and worked on the land, and until fairly recently their land-tenure arrangements have been governed by customary law. Colonial administrators were divided about the desirability of granting individual titles to African farmers, and concentrated their efforts on persuading them to plant cash-crops, to fight soil erosion and, where necessary, to consolidate their holdings. It was only in the mid-1950s, when large-scale compulsory land consolidation schemes were initiated in the Kikuyu Land Unit, that serious thought was given to the nature of the title which the owner of a consolidated holding would acquire.1 The East Africa Royal Commission advocated the adjudication and registration of individual titles in suitable areas,2 and eventually a working party was appointed to consider what legislation would be necessary to implement this recommendation. As a result of its report,3 a system of registration of title based on the English model was introduced. Once the processes of adjudicacation and consolidation have been completed, the title of the owner is registered and, where appropriate, any interests not amounting to ownership are also entered on the Land Register. The land thereupon ceases to be subject to customary law,4 and is governed instead by the complete code of substantive law - based broadly on English law - which is contained today in the Registered Land Act, 1963
Adjudication · Agriculture · Business · Commission · Consolidation (business) · Customary land · Geography · Land consolidation · Land law · Land registration · Land tenure · Law reform · Legislation · Political science · Unit (ring theory) · African history and culture analysis · African history and culture studies · Finance · Land Rights and Reforms · Law
Balancing of Rights in Land Law
Land consolidation on Ghana's rural customary lands
Access to justice, impunity and legal pluralism in Kenya
Power and the Presidency in Kenya
Land Inequality and Spatial Dimension
Time and title deeds in post-reform agrarian Kenya
The evolution of the common law
Towards a reorientation in land reform
Understanding agricultural policy in Africa
Wealth-destroying private property rights
Land registration in Africa
Development narratives, or making the best of blueprint development
Land Tenure and Investment in African Agriculture
The Mystery of Capital Formation in Sub-Saharan Africa
Tree Planting, Sustainable Development and the Roles of Law in Bongo, North-East Ghana
Pastoralism within land administration in Kenya—The missing link
Exploring the ‘layeredness’ of recurring natural resource conflicts
Land Titling and Technical Efficiency Among Small Coffee Producers in Honduras
Introduction. Understanding African Land-Holding
Individualisation and the assault on customary tenure in Africa
Land tenure and agrarian change in Kenya
Debts and trespasses
| Unique citing works | 22 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,59 |
| Citation span | 1989 - 2026 (38) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |