The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya
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The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya by Ambreena Manji
Finalist for the African Studies Association's 2021 Best Book Prize. Explores the limits of law in changing unequal land relations in Kenya.
The book makes several important contributions to scholarship on land politics in Kenya-- Canadian Journal of African Studies
Building on her own previous work, as well as the work of notable scholars such as Ghai, McAuslan and Harbeson, Manji provides a detailed overview of the history of the land struggle beginning in the colonial era, through the various commissions of inquiry, the formulation of the NLP, and the incorporation of land issues into the Constitution and drafting of the 2012 land laws. -- Journal of Modern African Studies
Building on her own previous work, as well as the work of notable scholars such as Ghai, McAuslan and Harbeson, Manji provides a detailed overview of the history of the land struggle beginning in the colonial era, through the various commissions of inquiry, the formulation of the NLP, and the incorporation of land issues into the Constitution and drafting of the 2012 land laws. -- Journal of Modern African Studies
AMBREENA MANJI is Professor of Land Law and Development at the School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, where she co-founded the Law and Global Justice Centre and its African Feminist Judgments project and Global Justice Pro Bono programme. She was President of the African Studies Association UK 2018-2020 and Director of the British Institute in Eastern Africa 2010 - 2014. Her books include The Politics of Land Reform in Africa and The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya. Prior to her appointment at Cardiff, she held academic posts at the Universities of Warwick and Keele and was a visiting Fellow at the Faculty of Law, University of Cape Town and at Dar es Salaam Law School. In 2016 and 2018, she was a Faculty Member at the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa in Johannesburg. She serves on the Advisory Board of the Africa Research Institute (London); and the Advisory Council of the Initiative for Strategic Litigation in Africa (Johannesburg). She is a member of the Editorial Boards of Social and Legal Studies, Feminist Legal Studies and Law and Humanities.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847013446 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847013449 |
| Title | The Struggle for Land and Justice in Kenya |
| Author | Ambreena Manji |
| Series | Eastern Africa Series |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | James Currey |
| Year published | 2022-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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