Annotazioni sull'origine e sulla continuazione degli usi civici in territorio agricolo

A diachronic perspective shows commons as an immaterial documental series testifying the institution of public land property at a distance of millennia. In front of a widespread generically collectivist conception, it is intended here to outline the history of commons, using the regressive method, so to identify the juridical system that sanctioned their birth, focusing on the economic, technical and political details of their continuation. Following the hypothesis of a Roman origin of commons, it is possible to outline the dynamics of their continuation to this day, through the evolution of property rights. The full understanding of the origin and evolution of the phenomenon is the base for a new approach in developing commons in the future.