Land and Property: Conceptualizing Property as an Institution of Land

Man is a land animal, and everything that he requires for satisfaction of their material needs must be won by constant labor from the land on which he lives, the mother Earth. The law confers rights to use land as an integral attribute to property entitlements. Property rights have, however, been subject to incremental reform by a number of different legal and policy instruments. The most important institution which affects the use of land is property .Property in land is considered as a bundle of rights. Property implies human relationship. Property is not considered as a material thing but it consists with rights which extend over the property object or rather over the activities which involve the use of land. There are various physical factors within which man uses land. In addition to the physical factors there are various group habits in the relation between men which affect their behavior in the use of land. This paper considers the impact of these physical factors and habits in use of land as property. Property rights change from time to time, depending on laws and institution of society. Women, children and slaves were once property. The property object is not always tangible. The paper explores about developments on property rights theory, and anticipates the further modifications to property concepts. The paper considers effective environmental policy for rural land use and community interest in sustainable management of land. The paper argues for development based land use as well as agricultural based land use.