Includes bibliographical references and index.

The colonial legacy in land rights in southern Africa / Robert Home -- Land policy developments and setbacks in southern Africa / Martin Ad ams and Rachael Knight -- Land resource ownership and use in Africa of the labour reserves in the Southern African Development Community (SADC ) / Horman Chitonge -- Land issues before the Southern African Developm ent Community (SADC) Tribunal : a case for human rights? / Oliver C. Ru ppel -- Indigenous land rights and claims under international law / Ili as Bantekas -- The new scramble for Africa : towards a human-rights bas ed approach to large-scale land acquisitions in the Southern African De velopment Community (SADC) sub-region / Jeremie Gilbert & David Keane - - The land crisis in southern Africa : challenges on good governance / Hany Besada & Ariane Goetz -- The land question in Zimbabwe : the judic iary as an instrument of recovery / Alex T. Magaisa -- Property rights and land reform in Namibia / Sam K. Amoo and Sidney L. Harring.