Comparative Lessons in Sectional Title Laws: Mitigating Urban Inequality in South Africa.
Urban inequality in South Africa is a formidable problem that is linked to the injustices of its historical apartheid past. This paper identifies sectional titles, a form of property ownership where proprietors wholly own their apartment unit while co-owning the land and common property, as critical...
| Published in: | Oxford Journal of Legal Studies Vol. 42; no. 4; pp. 1012 - 1040 |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Winter2022
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