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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Setup: 16-Feb-2013 [8562]
• A collection of perspectives, questions, philosphies
Description: The law of Eminent Domain in Brooklyn
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 28-May-2010 [185]
Confusion surrounding the laws governing public spaces
Description: Laws are not written in clear, simple language, and visibly posted in our parks and public spaces. Here are some of the stories of confusion about: 1) what the rules actually are; 2) who can make rules; and 3) who can enforce them.
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 11-Jun-2012 [1224]
Description: Here are some of the stories of the collisions between "unseen" laws and innovative local parks and public spaces.
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 23-Apr-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1153]
Essay: Fear-based rules - and their alternatives
many choices before us
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 17-Jun-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1232]
Description: Once we have agreed upon what rules we want to be governed by, how do we convey them?.... How do we wish to be spoken to and to speak to one another in our public spaces?
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 08-May-2012 [1164]
How do we relay the rules?
a place for courtesy and on-going discussion....?
Description: When rules are made, what information do we want or need to know? What is the tone of the rules we encounter in our local public spaces? What tone do we wish our rules - and those who relay them - to reflect?
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 09-Jul-2012 [1518]
Invisible Park laws and other rules
Description: Who could have imagined that making small improvements in our local park would lead to frequent collisions with so many unseen "rules" - contained in over 1000 pages of provincial laws and regulations, city by-laws, guidelines and policies...?
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A Bird's Eye View: When Lively Parks meet the Rules
Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 06-Jun-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1220]
Policy making-principles
Questions: A community might......
Description: Here are some questions we might want to ask when we consider how existing or proposed new laws or policies affect our local parks and public commons.
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A Bird's Eye View: When Lively Parks meet the Rules
Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Policy Theory
Date: 17-Sep-2010 By: Belinda Cole [317]
Description: When rules are made, what information do we want to have or need to know? How do we want to be spoken to? What is the process if we want to ask questions and discuss how the rules work in our local public spaces?
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A Bird's Eye View: When Lively Parks meet the Rules
Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 08-May-2012 [1165]
Rules - clear and plainly written vs. unreadable and convoluted?
Description: Many rules that govern parks are written in difficult, convoluted language. An alternative? Some Canadian legislators, provinces and advocates have argued that laws should be clearly written - in plain language.
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 02-Jul-2012 [1509]
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
The Cost of Laws and policies
Date: 21-Jun-2012 [1244]
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A Bird's Eye View: When Lively Parks meet the Rules
Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 25-Oct-2011 [772]
The power of soup, skates and simplicity
A Star article, November 21, 2009
Description: "Reproduced with permission - Torstar Syndication Services"
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Media: Helmet use in Public Space
Media: Skating Rinks
Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Safety and Liability
User Guide: Outdoor Skating Rinks
Date: 19-Nov-2012
direct link (ThePowerOfSoupSkatesAndSimplicity.pdf)
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Description: This excerpt, which discusses the "rule of law" is from "Law Is Cool" - a student-run, "work in progress" educational blog and podcast for law students. The site does not give legal advice; rather, its purpose is to provide "an open forum for ide
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Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 08-May-2012
direct link
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Description: Who gets to make the rules for our public amenities? Why does it matter? Our elected officials must account to constituents for their decisions. What about government officials who make more and more decisions in our public commons?
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A Bird's Eye View: When Lively Parks meet the Rules
Notebooks: Laws and Regulations
Date: 17-Jun-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1229]