commons

This means defending the university not as a corporate entity or site of theocratic indoctrination but as a democratic commons.

The judgement centred on the interpretation of a Dartmoor by-law that states "the public shall have a right of access to the commons on foot and on horseback for the purpose of open-air recreation".

"The cost needs to come down so it's more practical to stick on the numbers of sheep that graze the commons but it is a step in the right direction," he says.

The chancellor will deploy the near total executive power from her party's commons majority to flatten the sort of opposition that has prevented or critically delayed these sorts of plans in the past.

Alexander and Diana Darwall are challenging a Court of Appeal ruling, which said people can wild camp on some privately owned commons in the national park in Devon.