Interventions

In his new review article for the Annual Review of Law and Social Science, Olaf Zenker explores how questions of land, property, and race have become deeply intertwined across different historical and political contexts. Drawing on examples from South Africa, North and South America, Israel/Palestine, and beyond, the article argues that land restitution is about far more than correcting past wrongs. It is also a contemporary political process through which societies negotiate belonging, recognition, and competing visions of the future.