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Recapturing Water For Sustainability Through Redefinitions Of Navigability And Ownership, Shelby D. Green
Recapturing Water For Sustainability Through Redefinitions Of Navigability And Ownership, Shelby D. Green
Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications
In Defining "Navigability": Balancing State Court Flexibility and Private Rights in Waterways, 36 Cardozo L. Rev. 1415 (2015), Maureen Brady explains that over the last two centuries, state courts have broadened the concept of navigability, and applied the new definitions to alter existing land titles. As a consequence, many non-navigable waterways have become navigable waterways, increasing public ownership and extinguishing private rights.