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Land Ownership and Foreigners: A Comparative Analysis of Regulatory Approaches to the Acquisition and Use of Land by Foreigners

Year of publication 1999

Pages 53 p.

Author Hodgson, S.;Cullinan, C. ;Campbell, K.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

Series title FAO Legal Papers

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) This study is a revised version of a working document originally prepared by FAO in April 1995 analysing the policy and legal options available for dealing with the sensitive issue of foreign ownership of land. It provides information on the approaches that are, or have been adopted to regulate foreign ownership of land. As such, it aims at providing a framework for analysis and a representative sample of the legal techniques and strategies that have been devised to deal with the issue; it is no t intended to be an authoritative summary of the state of the law in this area.

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