Abstract

In the recent past, Zambia has experienced land governance related issues such as voluntary and involuntary displacements, insecurity of tenure, food insecurity and land disputes. While laudable efforts have been made to uphold and realise land and resource rights of poor rural populations in Zambia, there are several longstanding challenges that remain unresolved. The majority of the rural population still do not enjoy sufficient legal protection of their land rights. This paper shows the inadequate legal recognition of the strength of rights to land and natural resources derived from custom and how to recognise and secure land rights of dwellers in law and practice. The paper also examines the degree to which vested property rights are protected from infringements and analyses land rights in the context of ownership, possession and holder-ship. The relationship between statutory and customary land tenure systems are assessed from the perspective of legal pluralism. Therefore, this paper provides insights into the diversity of land tenure regimes that exist, as well as what constitutes the legal status of land and ways in which they provide for vestment of property rights.

摘要

最近，赞比亚经历了与土地治理相关的问题，例如自愿和非自愿流离失所、土地使用权不安全、粮食不安全和土地纠纷。尽管赞比亚为维护和实现贫困农村人口的土地和资源权利做出了值得称赞的努力，但仍有几个长期存在的挑战仍未解决。大多数农村人口的土地权利仍然没有得到充分的法律保护。本文阐述了对源自习俗的土地和自然资源权利强度的法律承认不足，以及如何在法律和实践中承认和保障居民的土地权利。本文还研究了既得财产权在多大程度上受到保护，并在所有权、占有和持有权的背景下分析了土地权。从法律多元化的角度评估法定和习惯土地权属制度之间的关系。因此，本文提供了对现有土地使用权制度多样性的见解，以及土地法律地位的构成以及它们提供产权归属的方式。