A city's parks are usually publicly owned.
The notion of property refers to the right or power to own something . For the law , property is the direct power over an asset , which allows its owner free disposal beyond the limitations imposed by current regulations.
Public property is known as a domain that is publicly owned (that is, it does not belong to an individual). Publicly owned assets are those for community use , such as a square, a street, a state school or a hospital.
Public property, managed by the State
In everyday language, public property could be understood as what belongs to everyone . Said shared ownership is embodied by the State , which is the only one with the right to grant private use or permission regarding the public good through an administrative concession.
For example: "Three teenagers were detained by the police when they discovered that they were damaging public property" , "A group of unemployed people decided to take over a publicly owned park to claim housing" , "The previous government divested itself of several property companies". public with the supposed intention of reducing State expenses .
Differences with private
Public property can also be understood in opposition to private property , which is the complete legal power of a person over a thing.
A house and a car are part of the private property of the person who bought them and who has the documentation that proves said ownership. Just as the car belongs to private property, the streets and highways it runs on are part of public property.
On publicly owned beaches, access is free.
Concepts linked to public property
It is worth mentioning that the definition of public property is very broad, since it encompasses a series of concepts, among which are the following:
* public domain : this is the situation that characterizes artistic, scientific and literary works once the copyright protection period expires. The period of time necessary for this to occur varies according to the legislation of each country, but is always counted from the death of the creator. When a work becomes part of the public domain, any individual can exploit it, but must respect moral rights, that is, recognize authorship and preserve the integrity of the creation ;
* public space : it is a place to which no person can be restricted . From a legal point of view, it is correct to affirm that public space as we know it today derives from having formally separated public and private urban property. Generally, this distinction entails that certain portions of land are reserved in their natural state or that they are adequately equipped so that the people can use them with complete freedom in their daily lives . Among the human needs that can be satisfied in a public space are transportation, recreation, holding cultural events and activities, and even business;
* public good : this is that which, according to a legal perspective, is provided by the State in any of its forms and from any of its components, or that belongs to it. For the economy , a public good must be available to all people and the fact that one person uses it cannot and should not prevent another from doing so.
Public domain works are especially popular today, thanks to the fact that they can be distributed very easily over the Internet, and are often useful for enriching individual projects; For example, a documentary filmmaker can set his work to music with public domain pieces to avoid the financial investment of hiring a composer and an orchestra.