Compulsory Acquisition of Rights, The

Product Details:
Author(s):
Southwood, M
Year Published:
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Type:
Print | Soft Cover
Language:
English
About this publication
The law of expropriation has been changed by the Constitution in important respects, including the circumstances in which expropriation may be used for land reform, and the measure of compensation. It will feature prominently in South Africa’s land reform programme, and is considered in the first eight chapters of the book. Three chapters are devoted to the acquisition of rights by labour tenants under the Land Reform (Labour Tenants) Act. The restitution of land rights, under the Restitution of Land Rights Act, to people deprived of, or prevented from owning, land, by racially discriminatory laws or practices after 1913, is given detailed analysis. Acquisition of rights by ways of necessity and prescription are each dealt with in separate chapters.
Content
Compulsory acquisition of rights: the constitution
Expropriation: powers of expropriators, property, procedure and compensation
Ways of necessity
Acquisitive prescription
Labour tenants: who are, rights to occupy and use, obligations, and acquisition of land
Restitution of land rights: the entitlement, processing the claim
The land claims court and its orders
Expropriation Act 63 of 1975
Extracts from the prescription Act 18 of 1969
The land reform (labour tenants) Act 3 of 1996
Restitution of land rights Act 22 of 1994
Restitution of land rights administration rules
Interest / Benefit to
Legal practitioners
Property lawyers
Land claims court officials
Libraries
Government officials
Academic and students
NGO’s assisting in land claims