Humanity's problem with climate change has been likened to a "tragedy of the commons". If the atmosphere is seen as an open access dump for gasses like CO2 or methane, Garret Hardin's conclusion from 1968: "Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all" is obviously correct. But how do we create a...

Last summer visitors to the Oslo opera house were met with the following announcement: "Here comes the "Opera Commons" explaining: "Operaallmenningen", the Opera Commons, "will be a multi-functional meeting place for cultural events, recreational activities and people passing through." The...

The paper discusses the link between commons as they might have been used in prehistoric Norway and the rules concerning the exploitation of the commons as found in the oldest known legislation for regions of Norway, Gulating Law and Frostating Law. One clear social dilemma has been identified:...

Humanity's problem with climate change has been likened to a 'tragedy of the commons'. If the atmosphere is seen as an open access dump for gasses like CO2 or methane, Garret Hardin's conclusion from 1968: 'Freedom in a commons brings ruin to all' is obviously correct. But how do we create a...