Land Disputes Unearth Shaky Legal Foundation: Will Liberias Land Reform Provide Stability

Abstract

Three weeks into my 6-month tour in Liberia, I was just beginning to get used to navigating the city on roads without traffic laws. One morning, I tested my skills on the way to an early meeting with the Armed Forces of Liberia legal staff. While enroute, I encountered a crowd forming in the street, which quickly began blocking the road. One of the children in the neighborhood started directing traffic, ordering cars to turn around or take and off-road detour. My paralegal asked the boy why the crowd had formed, to which the boy replied, land dispute. We turned around just before the assembly turned into a riot, shutting down a main thoroughfare out of the city for hours.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2014
Accession Number
AD1023594

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  • Lauren N. Didomenico

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  • Air Command and Staff College

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  • Forestry
  • Geography
  • Governments
  • Judiciary
  • Law
  • Minority Groups
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  • Saharan Africa
  • Supreme Court
  • United States
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  • West Africa

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