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It is as curious as it is crafty that the recently enacted legislation is simply titled the “Expropriation Act”. This ...
In addition, House Bill 4572 would strengthen other regulations for reserve pits, where oil and gas companies permanently ...
Critics warn that the Trump administration’s plan to transfer public lands could enrich wealthy developers while eliminating access for everyone else.
Even homeowners living in states with the lowest property tax rates in the nation are shouldering sky-high bills. That’s largely because a property’s taxable value significantly impacts the ...
As Antoni aptly put it, “Under ANC rule the South African sections of the media have a long and unfortunate history of targeting citizens who speak out against race-based policies or violent crime; ...
Key topicsRace-based data now required in all land deed registrationsState aims for land ownership to reflect demographic ...
Land reform has been at the forefront of political debate in South Africa in recent months, leading to strained relations ...
Mark Newman, a local lawyer with expertise in expropriations, said governments are required to pay compensation when they ...
Legal experts have questioned whether South Africa’s new land expropriation laws will pass constitutional muster, and it will ...
The Manitoba government says it plans to expropriate a privately-owned parcel of land in south Winnipeg at risk of being ...
The City of Tshwane is considering invoking the Expropriation Act to combat derelict, hijacked, and abandoned buildings in ...
In their International Litigation column, Lawrence W. Newman and David Zaslowsky look at Supreme Court decisions that, in ...