Contemporary housing issues in a globalized world / edited by Padraic Kenna. - Surrey : Ashgate, c2014. - xii, 286 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. - Law, property and society .
List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 A Legal Perspective of the Origin and the Globalization of the Current Financial Crisis; 3 Comparing Mortgage Law in Ireland and Spain; 4 Mortgage Foreclosure and Housing Rights in Spain: Crisis or General Deception?; 5 Housing Rights in Europe: The Council of Europe Leads the Way; 6 Housing Rights in Constitutional Legislation: A Conceptual Classification; 7 Independent Living for People with Disabilities in Kenya: Charting the Way Forward. 8 Public Interest Law and Regeneration: The Case of Ballymun Community Law Centre9 From Individual to Collective Squat: Economic Theory and the Regulation of Squatting; 10 Housing Ladders and Snakes; Index.
This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today's globalized housing systems. The book takes up the challenge of developing a new paradigm, working towards the possibility of an alternative future. Revolving around three constellations of writing by diverse contributors, each chapter sets out a clear and developed approach to contemporary housing issues. The major themes considered are: the crisis in mortgage market regulation; housing rights; and an examination of responses to the decline and regeneration of inner cities, legal issues around squatting.
9781472415370
2013023977
Right to housing.
Housing--Law and legislation.
Squatters--Legal status, laws, etc.
Land tenure--Law and legislation.
Right to housing--Europe.
344/.063635
List of Figures and Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; 2 A Legal Perspective of the Origin and the Globalization of the Current Financial Crisis; 3 Comparing Mortgage Law in Ireland and Spain; 4 Mortgage Foreclosure and Housing Rights in Spain: Crisis or General Deception?; 5 Housing Rights in Europe: The Council of Europe Leads the Way; 6 Housing Rights in Constitutional Legislation: A Conceptual Classification; 7 Independent Living for People with Disabilities in Kenya: Charting the Way Forward. 8 Public Interest Law and Regeneration: The Case of Ballymun Community Law Centre9 From Individual to Collective Squat: Economic Theory and the Regulation of Squatting; 10 Housing Ladders and Snakes; Index.
This book examines and discusses key contemporary housing issues in the context of today's globalized housing systems. The book takes up the challenge of developing a new paradigm, working towards the possibility of an alternative future. Revolving around three constellations of writing by diverse contributors, each chapter sets out a clear and developed approach to contemporary housing issues. The major themes considered are: the crisis in mortgage market regulation; housing rights; and an examination of responses to the decline and regeneration of inner cities, legal issues around squatting.
9781472415370
2013023977
Right to housing.
Housing--Law and legislation.
Squatters--Legal status, laws, etc.
Land tenure--Law and legislation.
Right to housing--Europe.
344/.063635