Using the forest as a thematic device, Clark and Page explore the tensions that pervade our propertied relationships; between commodity and community, abstraction and context, and private enclosure and the public square. They draw on a range of case studies including the 13th century Forest Charter, Thomas More's Utopia, the Diggers' radical agrarianism, the Paris Commune's battle for the right to the city, and Australian forest protestors of the late 20th and early 21st centuries. By analysing these movements and their contexts, Clark and Page illustrate the origin, history and legal status of the lawful forest and its modern-day companions. Although the dominant spatial paradigm is one where private rights prevail, this book shows that communal relationships with land have always been part of our law and culture.
| ISBN: | 9781474487450 |
| Publication date: | 31st May 2024 |
| Author: | Cristy Clark, John Page |
| Publisher: | Edinburgh University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 248 pages |
| Series: | Edinburgh Critical Studies in Law, Literature and the Humanities |
| Genres: |
Methods, theory and philosophy of law Systems of law: common law Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 Human rights, civil rights Law: Human rights and civil liberties Forests and woodland Property law: general Law and society, sociology of law Legal history |