Public Commons

Atlantic Yards, NYC

Description: The law of Eminent Domain in Brooklyn

Part of: 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.

Part of: Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 11-Jun-2012 [1224]

Effects of Invisible rules

Description: Here are some of the stories of the collisions between "unseen" laws and innovative local parks and public spaces.

Part of: Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 23-Apr-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1153]

Essay: Fear-based rules - and their alternatives  many choices before us

Part of: Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 17-Jun-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1232]

How do we relay the rules?

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?

Part of: 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?

Part of: 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...?

Part of: A Bird's Eye View: When Lively Parks meet the Rules Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 06-Jun-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1220]

Making laws and Regulations

Part of: Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 24-Oct-2011 [765]

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.

Part of: 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]

Respectful, courteous rules

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?

Part of: 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.

Part of: Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 02-Jul-2012 [1509]

The Cost of Bureaucracy

Part of: Notebooks: Laws and Regulations The Cost of Laws and policies

Date: 21-Jun-2012 [1244]

The Cost of Laws and policies

Part of: 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"

Part of: 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) [8082]

The Rule of Law

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

Part of: Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 08-May-2012 direct link [1167]

Who makes the rules?

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?

Part of: A Bird's Eye View: When Lively Parks meet the Rules Notebooks: Laws and Regulations

Date: 17-Jun-2012 By: Belinda Cole [1229]