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Law and social change : a study of land reform in Sri Lanka

Title
Law and social change : a study of land reform in Sri Lanka / by Martin E. Gold.
Author
Gold, Martin E.
Publication
New York : Nellen : Distributed by F. Fell Publishers, ©1977.

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Description
xx, 252 pages : illustrations; 21 cm
Summary
Monograph commenting on legislation for modernization and land reform in Sri Lanka - describes land tenure, adoption of 1953 tenancy reform legislation, the 1958 paddy lands act and its amendments, social structure and feudalism, land settlement schemes and land utilization systems, institutional framework for and constraints to implementation of reform, farm size, the case of tenant farmers, lack of rural worker organizations, etc. Glossary, references and statistical tables.
Subject
  • Land tenure > Law and legislation > Sri Lanka
  • Law > Sri Lanka
  • Sociological jurisprudence
  • Land tenure > Law and legislation
  • Law
  • Sociological jurisprudence
  • Agrarpolitik
  • Grondbezit
  • Sociale verandering
  • Recht
  • legislation
  • modernization
  • land reform
  • land tenure
  • tenancy
  • social structure
  • feudalism
  • land settlement
  • land utilization
  • institutional framework
  • farm size
  • tenant farmer
  • rural worker organization
  • statistical table
  • législation
  • modernisation
  • réforme foncière
  • régime foncier
  • fermage
  • structure sociale
  • féodalisme
  • établissement rural
  • utilisation des terres
  • cadre institutionnel
  • dimension de la ferme
  • fermier
  • organisation de travailleurs ruraux
  • tableau statistique
  • legislación
  • modernización
  • reforma de la tenencia de la tierra
  • tenencia de la tierra
  • arrendamiento
  • estructura social
  • feudalismo
  • colonización rural
  • utilización de la tierra
  • organización institucional
  • tamaño de la explotación
  • arrendatario
  • organización de trabajadores rurales
  • cuadros estadísticos
  • Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka
Genre/Form
  • comment.
  • glossary.
  • reference.
  • commentaire.
  • glossaire.
  • référence bibliographique.
  • comentario.
  • glosario.
  • referencia.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN
  • 0842400869
  • 9780842400862
LCCN
76047161
OCLC
  • ocm03312383
  • 3312383
  • SCSB-13752
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library