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Drought By Fifth Amendment: Debunking Water Rights As Real Property Comments, Jacqueline Carlton Apr 2017

Drought By Fifth Amendment: Debunking Water Rights As Real Property Comments, Jacqueline Carlton

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


The Protection Of Water Resources As A Justification For Self-Defense In International Humanitarian Law, Mark Tyler Dec 2015

The Protection Of Water Resources As A Justification For Self-Defense In International Humanitarian Law, Mark Tyler

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


A Half-Baked Law: How The Supreme Court's Decision In Koontz V. St. Johns River Water Management District Misses A Key Ingredient To Fifth Amendment Protection, Garrett W. Messerly Mar 2015

A Half-Baked Law: How The Supreme Court's Decision In Koontz V. St. Johns River Water Management District Misses A Key Ingredient To Fifth Amendment Protection, Garrett W. Messerly

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Our Global Commons, Brigham Daniels, James Salzman Dec 2014

Our Global Commons, Brigham Daniels, James Salzman

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Tragicomedy Of The Commons, Brigham Daniels Dec 2014

The Tragicomedy Of The Commons, Brigham Daniels

BYU Law Review

Scholarship on the commons focuses on a diverse set of problems, ranging from crashing fisheries to crowded court dockets. Because we find commons resources throughout our natural and cultural environments, understanding old lessons and learning new ones about the commons gives us leverage to address a wide range of problems. Because the list of resources identified as commons resources continues to grow, the importance of gleaning lessons about the commons will also continue to grow.

That being said, while the resources that make up the commons are certainly diverse, so too are the ways scholars depict it and the challenges …


Isolated Wetland Commons And The Constitution, Blake Hudson, Mike Hardig Dec 2014

Isolated Wetland Commons And The Constitution, Blake Hudson, Mike Hardig

BYU Law Review

Isolated wetlands provide great ecological and economic value to the United States. While some states provide protection for isolated wetlands, a great many do not. These wetlands are also left outside the ambit of federal wetland regulatory protections under the Clean Water Act, with its murky jurisdictional reach. Notwithstanding jurisdictional questions under current federal statutes, the U.S. Supreme Court has gone so far as to call into question the constitutionality of federal isolated wetland regulation. This Article makes a normative argument that, in the absence of state or local programs providing holistic isolated wetland protection, federal action is needed. The …


Agglomerama, Lee Anne Fennell Dec 2014

Agglomerama, Lee Anne Fennell

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Local Governments And Global Commons, Jonathan Rosenbloom Dec 2014

Local Governments And Global Commons, Jonathan Rosenbloom

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


Texas Groundwater And Tragically Stable “Crossovers”, Zachary Bray Dec 2014

Texas Groundwater And Tragically Stable “Crossovers”, Zachary Bray

BYU Law Review

One recurring question in the academic literature on common-pool resources relates to the persistence of “tragic” commons regimes—systems that encourage, or at least tolerate, the inefficient, wasteful, hazardous, or unfair exploitation of a resource that is easily accessed for and diminished by individual use and consumption. Of course, not all commons are tragic: some common-pool resources invite individual access in efficient, fair, and durable ways. Yet many commonly held resources do lie under systems of governance that are not just tragic but persistently and stubbornly so. Often the tragic aspects of such commons regimes are well known; indeed, for some …


Naming The Tragedy, Eric T. Freyfogle Dec 2014

Naming The Tragedy, Eric T. Freyfogle

BYU Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Virginia Beach Quest For Water: Drowning In A Sea Of Litigation, Richard T. Probst May 1997

The Virginia Beach Quest For Water: Drowning In A Sea Of Litigation, Richard T. Probst

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Wrestling With The Bear: A Compact Approach To Water Allocation, Jeff Boyce May 1996

Wrestling With The Bear: A Compact Approach To Water Allocation, Jeff Boyce

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Introduction: Multijurisdictional Water Resources Regulation, Ray Jay Davis May 1996

Introduction: Multijurisdictional Water Resources Regulation, Ray Jay Davis

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


International Water Law And The Protection Of River System Ecosystem Integrity, A. Dan Tarlock May 1996

International Water Law And The Protection Of River System Ecosystem Integrity, A. Dan Tarlock

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


The Two Rivers And The Lands Between: Mesopotamia And The International Law Of Transboundary Waters, Joseph W. Dellapenna May 1996

The Two Rivers And The Lands Between: Mesopotamia And The International Law Of Transboundary Waters, Joseph W. Dellapenna

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


The Federal Reserved Rights Doctrine And Practicably Irrigable Acreage: Past, Present And Future, Jennele Morris O'Hair May 1996

The Federal Reserved Rights Doctrine And Practicably Irrigable Acreage: Past, Present And Future, Jennele Morris O'Hair

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Interstate Compacts That Are For The Birds: A Proposal For Reconciling Federal Wetlands Protection With State Water Rights Through Federal-Interstate Compacts, Erik G. Davis May 1996

Interstate Compacts That Are For The Birds: A Proposal For Reconciling Federal Wetlands Protection With State Water Rights Through Federal-Interstate Compacts, Erik G. Davis

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Las Vegas And The Virgin River: Cashing In On An Unclaimed Jackpot In The Southern Desert, Ryan Dennett May 1996

Las Vegas And The Virgin River: Cashing In On An Unclaimed Jackpot In The Southern Desert, Ryan Dennett

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Garfield County V. Whi, Inc.: Omen Of Change For Public Land Access Policy, Laramie D. Merritt May 1994

Garfield County V. Whi, Inc.: Omen Of Change For Public Land Access Policy, Laramie D. Merritt

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.