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Recognising an ecological ethic of care in the law of everyday shared spaces
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posted on 2023-06-09, 17:56 authored by Jane Holder, Donald McgillivrayDonald McgillivrayLaw plays a vital role in the life and loss of open shared spaces, used and enjoyed on an everyday basis by local people. In this article, we adopt an analytical framework based on an ethic of care to critique the registration of land as a ‘town or village green’, using the example of an inquiry into the greens status of an ancient woodland. Analysing written and oral witness statements in this inquiry makes clear the centrality of such places in many people’s lives, giving rise to community-based, and forward-looking, interests. However, the legal focus upon quantitative assessments of individuals’ use of land in the recent past means that the prospective consequences of losing such valued areas are currently poorly acknowledged, and accounted for, in the registration process. This leads to the question whether an ethic of care towards everyday shared spaces may be better recognised via more deliberative plan-making regimes.
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- Published
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Social and Legal StudiesISSN
0964-6639Publisher
SAGE PublicationsExternal DOI
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3Volume
29Page range
379-400Department affiliated with
- Law Publications
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- Sussex Sustainability Research Programme Publications
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2019-05-31First Open Access (FOA) Date
2019-05-31First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2019-05-29Usage metrics
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