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The Integration of Conflicting Donor Approaches : Land Law Reform in Cambodia

国際協力論集

20(1)

129-146

神戸大学大学院国際協力研究科

2012-07

2012-08-21

Since 1990 successive waves of foreign experts have introduced into Cambodia legal transplants dealing with the possession, use, and ownership of land. Many of the laws were based on the perceptions of the particular foreign sponsor without meaningful participation by domestic actors or cooperation with other donors. Despite recent efforts to reconcile the laws, implementation remains inequitable and legal ambiguity persists. The Cambodian experience brings into question not only the wisdom of foreign intervention but also the desirability of any form of formal legal construction in a society without the necessary social, political, and institutional prerequisites.

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