Abstract:The passage of the UK's 2000 Countryside and Rights of Way Act (CRoW Act) is celebrated for opening huge tracts of private land for public use. The CRoW Act codified a New Labour manifesto promise: to introduce the "right to roam." It made 2 million acres of private mountains, moorland, heathland, and downs accessible to the public for walking and picnicking.The media focus on the right to roam left other parts of the CRoW Act neglected. Sections 53-56 of the Act discussed specific spatial rights that allow th… Show more
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