Law Property and Disasters

<p>This book re-considers property law for a future of environmental disruption.</p><p>As slogans such as “build the wall” or “stop the boats” affect public policy there are counter-questions as to whether positivist or statist notions of property are fit for purpose in a time of human mobility and environmental disruption. State-centric property laws construct legal fictions of sovereign control over land notwithstanding the persistent reality of informal settlements in many parts of the Global South. In a world affected by catastrophic disasters this book develops a vision of adaptive governance for property in land based on a critical re-assessment of state-centric property law.</p><p>This book will appeal to a broad readership with interests in legal theory property law adaptive governance international development refugee studies postcolonial studies and natural disasters.</p>