This course will study the understanding of property rights in the major human rights instruments like International, Regional and National human rights instruments. The course will also study the theories that support the origin and importance of property rights, like those of Aristotle, Thomas Aquinas, Hugo, Grotius, John Locke, Rousseau, Thomas Jefferson, John Mill and Karl Marx.
By the end of the course, students will:1) Be able to assess the evolution the property concept2) Be able to assess the local and global policies that threaten the right to property3) Be able to assess the various property rights theories4) Be able to assess the human rights dimension of the Land law in Uganda