Institutions play a pivotal role in the process of economic development. This collection of studies addresses the importance of institutions in the process of wealth creation for low-income households in Brazil, as well as commodity market developments in Ethiopia. In Brazil, la…
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By looking carefully at one Supreme Court case and the historical context surrounding it, I argue that between ca. 1910 and 1941—when the Court decided United States, as Guardian of the Hualpi Indians of Arizona, v. Santa Fe Pacific Railroad Co. (314 U.S. 339)—an intellectual an…
The per capita food output for domestic consumption in Sub-Saharan Africa is in crisis. A debate now rages in the political economy of the region's agricultural development over the following questions: Are the indigenous land tenure systems the root cause of the crisis? Is land…
The Ottoman Land Code of 1858 was one of the most important land laws promulgated in the Tanzimat period in 1839-76. In the Code, the right of possession of state land was transferred to the private individual, while the right of ownership was retained by the State. Expanding th…
This dissertation explores the transformation of property rights in Sabah, Malaysia from 1881 to present day. I untangle the complex ways in which property rights are transformed by closely analyzing the history of colonial codification of native customary law, the intricacies o…
This dissertation contributes to the debate on Common Pool Natural Resources (CPNRs) through the analysis of a specific case study: rangeland in southwest agro-pastoral Niger. The management of CPNRs is the subject of a lively debate pertaining to the property rights regime that…
This study examines a recent policy proposal that as a way out of poverty, third world countries should reform their present land policy to incorporate a cadastral system. The proponents of this policy reform have argued that the poorest nations of the world require formalizatio…
Recent attention given to the role of institutions in explaining differences in economic outcomes often relies on implicit assumptions about the nature of institutions and institutional change that demand empirical confirmation. This dissertation constitutes a step towards devel…
Issues related to the use and management of wetlands have received considerable attention in recent years in the wake of fast disappearance of this natural resource. Inadequate institutional arrangements or property rights have been cited as an important causal factor for this d…
Modern, Western, secularist legal systems are, in actuality, religious legal systems. The religious bedrock underlying secularist legal systems is the same as the transmuted, and therefore immanentist, faith and creed that underlies the essential mindset and spirit of modernity.…