Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform - Lessons From Brazil

Zusatztext "This is a superb analysis of the challenges facing land reform in Brazil. Its unique contribution is to describe the relationship between the landless movement MST and the State! and to explain the challenges faced by prosecutors! judges and administrative lawyers in advancing land reform. It is a major contribution to the law and society literature! showing how a social movement can shape legal reform."Olivier De Schutter! United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food Informationen zum Autor George Meszaros is Associate Professor at the University of Warwick Klappentext Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform investigates how state and rural social movements are struggling for land reform against the background of a re-emergence of constitutional promises and projects in much of the developing world. Zusammenfassung Social Movements, Law and the Politics of Land Reform investigates how state and rural social movements are struggling for land reform against the background of a re-emergence of constitutional promises and projects in much of the developing world. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Chapter 1:Shocking the System: Social Movement Pressure as the Catalyst of Political and Legal Change; Chapter 2:To Criminalise or not to Criminalise? Conflicting Legal Responses to Social Movement Pressure; Chapter 3:Why Law Fails: the Administration of Land Law in the Context of Power Relations; Chapter 4: The Limits of Progressive State Action; Chapter 5: Pushing and Redefining Legal Boundaries through Social Movement Pressure

Product details

• Authors: George Meszaros, Meszaros George
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 18.04.2013
• EAN: 9780415477710
• ISBN: 978-0-415-47771-0
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Law, Development and Globalization
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > English linguistics / literary studies; Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Latin America, LAW / General, Anthropology, International Law, Politics & government, Regional Studies, Politics and government, Regional / International studies, Social Law, Development Studies, Hispanic & Latino Studies, Social law and Medical law, Conveyancing law