Beyond Land Titles, Towards Resilience: An experience from India through the implementation of the Forest Rights Act, 2006

The 1925 legislation was enacted in part to encourage the development of the registration of title to land, to which end the basic doctrines of substantive Land Law had to be simplified. Thereafter, the legislation’s ultimate goal has been to make sure that all land titles in England and Wales are registered. Registration of title aims to facilitate the security of land ownership and land transfer. This chapter focuses on the registration of land titles in England and Wales. After providing an overview of the basics of title registration, it discusses the Land Registration Act 2002, registrable interests, registration with an absolute title, third party rights, unregistered interests which override registration, titles that are less than absolute, dealings with registered land, and indemnity as a result of alteration of register.

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Studies in Modern Choice-of-Law: Torts, Insurance, Land Titles, by Moffatt Hancock. Foreword by David F. Cavers. Buffalo, N.Y.: William S. Hein Co., 1984. Pp. xviii, 446. US $45.00 (cloth).

International Journal of Legal Information ◽

10.1017/s0731126500017911 ◽

1984 ◽

Vol 12 (5-6) ◽

pp. 263-263

Author(s):

David P. Currie

Keyword(s):

Choice Of Law ◽

Land Titles

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Can Transportation Change Land Property Rights in Developing Rural Areas? Case Study of Land Titles in a Brazilian Municipality

Transportation Research Record Journal of the Transportation Research Board ◽

10.1177/0361198119836755 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 2673 (5) ◽

pp. 220-229

Author(s):

Lucas Bispo de Oliveira Alves ◽

Shinnosuke Maeda ◽

So Morikawa ◽

Hironori Kato

Keyword(s):

Property Rights ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Agricultural Development ◽

Legal Framework ◽

Ecological Features ◽

Land Titles ◽

Paved Road ◽

Land Transactions ◽

The Impact ◽

Land Property Rights

The impact of transportation on economic development has been the subject of intense research. This paper investigates a potential impact on yet another aspect of the economy: land property rights (LPR). This institution determines who may own land and under what circumstances land transactions happen, with significant implications for farmers’ incentives and agricultural performance. Transportation is assumed to represent a technological shock capable of generating incentives for land titling. Data was collected in a rural municipality in Brazil where agricultural development has been closely related to the construction of a railway and a paved road. Farmers have subsequently applied for land titles. Two hypotheses are tested: first, farmers whose produce is transported by the railway are more likely to have land titles than those whose produce is not; second, farmers that are located closer to the paved road are more likely to have land titles than those located further away. IV are introduced to treat anticipated endogenous problems. Results indicate the acceptance of both hypotheses, which points to one significant policy implication: improvements in LPR can be considered one indirect impact of transportation, at least where the legal framework for titling is present. Initiatives to improve transportation and LPR may be implemented in parallel with mutually reinforcing effects. It must be noted, however, that likelihood of titling in rural areas is dependent on modes of transportation and on which products can be produced according to the agro-ecological features of each region.

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