Public property, law, and society : owning, belonging, connecting in the public realm /

Public property, law, and society : owning, belonging, connecting in the public realm /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	Page, John (Law teacher), author.
Imprint:	Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2021. ©2021
Description:	ix, 177 pages ; 25 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	Government property. Public lands. Public domain. Eminent domain. Eminent domain Government property Public domain Public lands
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12557292

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ISBN:	9780367691004 0367691000 9780367375980 0367375982
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	"This book examines the almost entirely neglected realm of public property, identifying and describing a number of key organizing principles around which a nascent jurisprudence of public property may be developed. In property law terms, the public realm is lost to plain view. Despite the vast acreage of public lands, or the extensive tracts of private lands over which public rights subsist, there is little commensurate scholarly discussion of the ideas, theories, practices, and laws of public property. This is no accident. Public property has been marginalized and pushed to the periphery for centuries, a consequence of the dominant discourse of private property, and its enclosing, encroaching tendencies. This book explores the rich diversity of the public estate, of what the public realm means for us, the general public, canvassing what we may 'own', where we may 'belong', or not, and how we may 'connect' through a shared use and enjoyment of public place and space. To better understand public property is to better value its critical public-wealth. Whether overlooked, over-used, or under threat of imminent loss, this book maintains that our loved (and not so loved) public spaces are essential components of our diverse, functioning, and optimistically livable human geographies. As such, they demand legal protection"--

Table of Contents:

Of public order
Of public owning
Of sociability, human flourishing, and the well-lived public life
Of public belonging
Of public connection
Of democracy, protest, and the public square.