Property in India: Global Perspectives, National Issues

Sony Pellissery () and Harvey M. Jacobs ()
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Sony Pellissery: National Law School of India University
Harvey M. Jacobs: University of Wisconsin-Madison

A chapter in Land Policies in India, 2017, pp 207-227 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract Property—who should own and who control land—has been a central and contentious issue throughout Indian history. The long-standing tensions within Indian society were further sharpened during the time of British colonization, and then from the time of Indian independence in 1947 to the present took on strong symbolic, political, and practical content. Some of this is because of the traditional population distribution within India, with large numbers of people who continue to engage in agriculture and thus depend directly on land for sustenance. But much of it is also cultural, as it is in so many other parts of the world, where the ownership and control of land is linked to conceptions of independence of the individual and family.

Keywords: Land Ethic; Land Policy; East Indian State; Wisconsin Supreme Court; Common Property Resources (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-10-4208-9_11

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