Aims & Scope

Aims

  • To promote high-quality research in land law, land rights, land governance, and related public policies.

  • To provide a scholarly platform for legal, regulatory, administrative, and policy-based studies concerning land and property.

  • To encourage interdisciplinary research connecting land law, governance, economics, environment, society, development, and public administration.

  • To support academic dialogue on emerging challenges and developments in national and international land rights and governance.

  • To contribute to the development of effective, equitable, transparent, and sustainable legal and policy frameworks for land administration and governance.

Scope

The journal covers, but is not limited to:

  • Land rights and land law

  • Land governance and administration

  • Property rights and ownership

  • Land registration and titling

  • Indigenous and customary land rights

  • Land acquisition and compensation

  • Land disputes and dispute resolution

  • Land-use planning and regulation

  • Environmental and sustainable land governance

  • Agricultural and rural land rights

  • Urban land governance and development

  • Real estate and property regulation

  • Land tenure systems

  • Gender equality and land rights

  • Human rights and access to land

  • Land reforms and public policy

  • Land taxation and fiscal policies

  • International and comparative land law

  • Digital land records and land administration technology

  • Climate change, natural resources, and land governance

  • Emerging legal and policy issues in land rights and governance