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Displacement and dispossession through land grabbing in Mozambique: the limits of international and national legal instruments [1]

A debate exists regarding the limits of international law to influence state behaviour. Some attribute these limits to the inability of law to compel states to incorporate norms into domestic legal frameworks. Others maintain that even if institutionalised, the incapacity of states to put those norms into action is where the problem lies. In examining displacement and dispossession through land grabbing in Mozambique, the author investigates what limits the ability of international and national law to address displacement and dispossession.

Publication Date: 
07/07/2014
Hannah Twomey [2]
Refugee Studies Centre [3]
Tags:
Land Resources [4], Mozambique [5], Displacement [6], Agriculture [7], Land Acquisition [8], Food Security [9], Land Tenure [10], Legislation [11], Women [12], Private Sector [13], Industry [14]
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