a program of activities designed to alter the agricultural structure of a country to increase agricultural production and improve standards of living of rural populations.  Such reforms will often inc [..]

the transfer of ownership rights in land or property.   Alternative dispute resolution:  a process of dispute resolution taking place outside of the formal court structure using arbitration or mediat [..]

a process of dispute resolution through which a neutral third party renders a decision after each disputant has had a chance to be heard.

rights held in relation to access and utilization of land resources.  These include, but are not restricted to such things as the right to sell, mortgage, and bequeath land, cut trees, plant crops, co [..]

law inspired by Roman Law and the 1804 Napoleonic Code, the primary feature of which is that laws are written into a collection and codified, and not developed by judges.  The objective of a civil cod [..]

the process of collecting and systematically arranging the laws and customs of a community.  The end product may be formalized into statutory law or code.

laws which have been compiled, arranged and systematized into an ordered code.  This can be done for a given jurisdiction or for a discrete branch of the law, such as commercial, criminal, or land law [..]

situations where holders of land rights are clearly defined as a group and have the right to exclude others from the enjoyment of those land rights. Common law:  a body of principles and rules of act [..]

land and other resources over which individuals or communities have specific common rights.  Common property refers to co-ownership rights which cannot be divided, alienated or developed without the u [..]