Property Meeting the Challenge of the Commons

The General Report introduces the research, discusses data provided by the national reporters, and draws some overarching conclusions. It is divided into five sections. The first section explores the recent resurgence of the commons in the works of legal scholars, particularly in Italy and the United States. The second section examines the methodology of the research and structure of the questionnaire, with particular emphasis on the advancement of comparative legal methodology. Sections 3 and 4 analyse the two parts of the questionnaire: open questions, concerning emergence of the commons as a specific concept or scholarly topic, and case-based questions, where the national reporters are asked to analyse concrete legal issues related to housing, health care, food, water, natural resources, territory, culture, and climate.