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Ill fares the land: the legal consequences of land confiscations by the Sandinista government of Nicaragua 1979-1990
This thesis analyzes the consequences of property confiscations and
redistribution under the Sandinista (FSLN) government in Nicaragua of the
1980s. It covers the period from the overthrow of Anastasio Somoza
Debayle in 1979 to the February 1990 FSLN electoral defeat and the
following two months of the Piñata, when the outgoing Sandinista
government quickly formalized possession of property by new owners, both
formerly landless peasants and the elite. It also examines subsequent efforts
to resolve outstanding property claims, with the focus on the Chamorro and
later presidential administrations to 2007, when Sandinista leader Daniel
Ortega and the FSLN returned to power. The main argument is that
Sandinista leaders, largely from the same families that have dominated
Nicaragua since the Colonial period, followed Nicaraguan traditions of using
influence to distort the legal and political system to gain title to valuable
properties.
In contrast to partisan arguments in favor of one regime or another, here the
methods of property transfer are analyzed by investigating in detail
documentary evidence of illustrative cases that show the steps and
individuals involved in these transactions, as well as more generally
surveying other cases and the overall situation with property. The argument
is tested by examining how the selected claimants’ properties were taken and
who obtained them. The results indicate that Sandinista elites did obtain
properties for their personal benefit, often in violation of their own
legislation, but that this was largely consistent with the practice of other, non-
Sandinista governments. After their electoral defeat, ongoing Sandinista
influence in the organs of government influenced the restitution process, with
claimants typically settling for compensation at a fraction of the market
value, with the Nicaraguan state and people bearing the cost of paying for
compensation bonds over the coming decades. Political influence
undermined the restitution mechanism
Called to Unity For the Sake of Mission
The purpose of a volume on Mission and Unity – Ecclesiology and Mission is to bring to public attention a broad overview of the history, development and perspectives on the role of mission in the pursuit of unity, and the central Biblical focus on unity as a prerequisite for an authentic witness in mission.https://scholar.csl.edu/edinburghcentenary/1003/thumbnail.jp
Study of aspects of the international legal and organisational response to the problem of marine pollution
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