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The Confederate Law Of Prize, John Paul Jones
The Confederate Law Of Prize, John Paul Jones
Law Faculty Publications
This essay describes the prize law of the Confederate States of America. Due to the Union’s blockade of the South’s coastline, Confederate judges heard very few prize cases. But when they did, they closely hewed to the prize law of the United States.
Drinking From A Deep Well: The Public Trust Doctrine And Western Water Law, Carol N. Brown
Drinking From A Deep Well: The Public Trust Doctrine And Western Water Law, Carol N. Brown
Law Faculty Publications
American water law reflects the diverse geography and population patterns of this expansive country.1 In the eastern states, where water is rather abundant, the doctrine of riparian rights dominates water law.2 The arid western states, in contrast, rejected the doctrine of riparian rights in favor of the doctrine of prior appropriation due to a natural scarcity of water and increasing population growth.3 The western states provide fertile ground to consider the burdens of a rapidly growing region on already scarce water resources.4 My thesis is that the public trust doctrine is being underutilized by the states and that the optimal …