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colonial-era law
Coverage of colonial-era law in the Nexus archive.
- Jamaican beach access campaigners go to court to fight privatisation of coast
Jamaican activists are challenging a colonial-era law in court to prevent the privatization of beaches, arguing that handing shorelines to private hotel chains benefits outsiders while harming locals who rely on the sea. They demand 'free, legal, unfettered, forever rights' to beach access.