1st Edition

Public Property, Law and Society Owning, Belonging, Connecting in the Public Realm

By John Page Copyright 2021
188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

188 Pages
by Routledge

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,... Read more
 

Chapter 1 - Introduction

Chapter 2 – Of public order

Chapter 3 – Of public owning

Chapter 4 – Of sociability, human flourishing, and the well-lived public life

Chapter 5 – Of public belonging

Chapter 6 – Of public connection

Chapter 7 – Of democracy, protest, and the public square

Chapter 8 – Conclusion

Biography

John Page is a Professor of Law at the School of Law and Justice at Southern Cross University, Australia.