摘要: Contents: Introduction, Dan Banik Part 1 Conceptual Issues and Challenges: Rights, legal empowerment poverty: an overview of the issues, The political economy poor, Arjun Sengupta Legal as a new concept in development: translating good ideas into action, Mona Elisabeth BrA,ther. 2 Promoting Access to Justice Developing Countries: Constitutionalism insurgent state? Rethinking poor divided Bolivia, John-Andrew McNeish Rural poverty, activism development rural China, Susanne BrandtstAdter access justice challenge Uganda, Donald Rukare right food, Marc J. Cohen Mary Ashby Brown. 3 Formalisation Property Rights Revisited: Are Africans culturally unsuited property rights rule law? Some reflections based on Tanzanian case, Hernando de Soto land housing tenure empower poor: simple nostrum or complex challenge?, Edward Robbins challenges promoting developing countries: womena (TM)s ownership inheritance Malawi, Asiyati Lorraine Chiweza 'Not our land!' Peasants' struggle against forced acquisition India's West Bengal, Kenneth Nielsen Index.