Legal empowerment for local resource control

CONTENTS
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................1
I. INTRODUCTION ..................................................................5
1.1. OVERVIEW ....................................................................................6
1.1.1. THE ISSUE............................................................................6
1.1.2. THE STUDY..........................................................................7
1.2. DEFINITIONS, SCOPE AND RATIONALE ......................................10
II. CONCEPTS AND CONTEXT ..................................................17
2.1. POWER AND LEGAL EMPOWERMENT ........................................18
2.1.1. POWER ..............................................................................18
2.1.2. RULE OF POWER OR POWER OF RULES? ..........................20
2.2. FOREIGN INVESTMENT PROJECTS IN AFRICA: DIFFERENCES
IN POWER, DIFFERENCES IN LAW ..............................................24
2.2.1. POWER RELATIONS IN FOREIGN INVESTMENT
PROJECTS ....................................................................................24
2.2.2. THE LEGAL CONTEXT: ASYMMETRIES IN THE
PROTECTION OF RESOURCE RIGHTS IN AFRICA ..............28
2.2.3. TO SUM UP........................................................................41
2.3. TOOLS FOR LEGAL EMPOWERMENT: DEFINING THE
CONCEPT ....................................................................................44
2.3.1. THE CONCEPT OF LEGAL TOOL ........................................44
2.3.2. PARA-LEGAL TOOLS ..........................................................48
2.3.3. TO SUM UP........................................................................50
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