Oyster Wars and the Public Trust: Property, Law, and Ecology in New Jersey History by Bonnie J. McCay

Oyster Wars and the Public Trust: Property, Law, and Ecology in New Jersey History

Bonnie J. McCay

246 pages • first pub 1998 (editions)

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Who owns tidal waters? Are oyster beds common holdings or private property? Questions first raised in colonial New Jersey helped shape American law by giving rise to the public trust doctrine. Today that concept plays a critical role in public adv...

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