Feminist Perspectives on Land Law by Hilary Lim,Anne Bottomley

By Hilary Lim,Anne Bottomley

The first publication to check the serious quarter of land legislations from a feminist standpoint, it presents an unique and significant research of the gendered intersection among legislation and land; ranging land use and possession in England and Wales to Botswana, Papua New Guinea and the Muslim world.



The authors draw upon the varied disciplinary fields of legislations, anthropology and geography to open up views that transcend the often slender topography and cartography of land legislation. Addressing an unorthodox number of websites the place questions of women's entry and rights to land are raised, this e-book contains chapters on:




  • shopping malls

  • ancient monuments

  • nature reserves

  • housing estates

  • the relations home.



An interdisciplinary and enlivening account of feminist views on land legislation, it really is a very good addition to the bookshelves of scholars and researchers in criminal reviews, gender reports, social anthropology and social geography.

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