Between 1939 and 1945, Britain was governed by what was effectively a dictatorship wielding unimaginable powers, including comprehensive censorship, the power to requisition private property on demand, and so on.
The government is still debating bills that would allow him to convene an emergency cabinet and exercise other extraordinary powers, like requisitioning personal property for national defense, something that might be needed in case of an attack.
There is no neat continuity between London's history of grassroots alternative housing and Corbyn's startling call for the requisition of private property for displaced residents.
Whoever wins, Karzai will still be living just a stone's throw from the presidential palace, in a property requisitioned from the United Nations and currently under renovation.
Those whose landholdings exceeded the limit saw their property requisitioned by the government without compensation.
During World War I, the property was requisitioned as a convalescent hospital for soldiers.
During its humble beginnings, the main task of the People's Commissariat of Finance were: confiscation of property, robbery and requisition; printing and creating money; and taxation.
Land disputes and compensation: D- Exiles and US nationals claim $100bn of property in Cuba that was requisitioned after the revolution; Cuban government claims $150bn in damages as a result of embargo; bilateral commission established to discuss topic, but no sign of progress.
It is important to acknowledge, furthermore, that as it appears under CIHL, parties to a conflict may, in certain circumstances, lawfully subject civilian property to military requirements, e.g. requisition for the needs of the army of occupation [ICRC Rule 51 2005].
In places where dynamic industries are lacking and lineage/kinship organizations are weak, the outcomes of property rights changes incurred by land requisition are often negative and even lethal to the livelihood of landless peasants.
