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Three legal principles for organizations rebuilding the commons

In: Law and Policy for a New Economy

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  • Janelle Orsi

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This chapter describes three principles for organizations to embed in their legal, financial, and governance structures in order to build commons and move beyond the extractive structures of conventional business. “The commons†is emerging as a unifying framework for the creation of sustainable and equitable economies, and organizations everywhere will increasingly ask their lawyers for guidance on how to set up a “commons-based†entity structure. Land trusts, energy cooperatives, water mutuals, worker cooperatives, food cooperatives and housing cooperatives will all require that lawyers approach legal structural design with a mindset that decisively rejects business-as-usual. These principles emerge from practice and are designed to be immediately applicable in any organization.

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  • Janelle Orsi, 2017. "Three legal principles for organizations rebuilding the commons," Chapters, in: Melissa K. Scanlan (ed.), Law and Policy for a New Economy, chapter 6, pages 119-136, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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