COMMENTARY ON A DECISION OF THE COURT OF APPEAL OF GUIMARÃES CONCERNING A DISPUTE ABOUT COMMON LAND (BALDIO)

Abstract

This text comments on a decision of the Portuguese Court of Appeal of Guimarães about the legality of a resolution of demerger of a baldio (type of common land) taken by some of the commoners. The discussion of the feasibility of such
demerger gives opportunity to revisit the concept of baldio itself